On Gerard Manley Hopkins and His Narrative Prose

I have been studying Hopkins in depth. As I reflect on the way he uses meter and sound, it occurs to me, yet again, that my endless project to enfold narrative with poetic rhythms and structures is still possible. There is a way to bring rhythm and rhyme to this structure of prose. It must be subtle enough to avoid surface detection, but powerful enough to evoke the sub-layers of pathos. Hopkins’ experimentation with sound and meter encourages me.