1. Poetry “It’s always about death”

2. THIS IS JUST TO SAY William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox And which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

3. God’s Grandeur Read the Poem…

4. Out Loud The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs -- Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

5. According to the Punctuation 1. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. 2. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. 3. Why do men then now not reck his rod? 4. Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. 5. And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

6. According to the Outline 1. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. 2. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; 3. It gathers to greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. 4. Why do men then now not reck his rod? 5. Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; 6. And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: 7. the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. 8. And for all this, nature is never spent; 9. There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; 10. And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs -- Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

7. By the Lines 1. The world is charged with the grandeur of God. 2. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; 3. It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil 4. Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? 5. Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; 6. And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; 7. And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: the soil 8. Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod. 9. And for all this, nature is never spent; 10. There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; 11. And though the last lights off the black West went 12. Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs -- 13. Because the Holy Ghost over the bent 14. World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

8. By Looking at the Rhyming God (1)Shod (8) Foil (2)oil (3) Rod (4)trod (5) Toil (6)soil (7) Spent (9)went (11)bent (13) Things (10)springs (12)wings (14)

9. By its Alliterations  Grandeur God  Shiningshook  Gathersgreatness  Oozeoil  Reck rod  Trodtrodtrod  Searedsmeared  Wears man’s smudgeshares man’s smell

10. By Its Alliterations  Foot feel  Naturenever  Deepdown  Lastlights  Westwent  Brown brink  Becausebent  broodsbreastbright  warm breastbright wings  bent worldbright wings

11. By the Images  ChargedLight (Gen 1:3)  Flame Out  God’s throne (Dan 7:9)  Son…Eyes like flame of fire (Rev. 2:18)  God appears as a flame (Ex. 3:2)  Angel of Lord…flame of altar (Jud. 13:20)  Tongues of fire (Acts 2:1-4)

12. By the Images Ooze of Oil Gethsemane (Luke 22:42) Cooking (I Kings 17:12-13) Lighting Lamps (Ex. 27:20) Anointing (Ps. 23:5) Bounding Wounds (Luke 10:34) Perfume (Luke 8:46) Land of oil of olive (Deut 8:8)

13. By the Images Crushed Jesus sweat drops of blood (Lk 22:42-44) Bruise head and bruise heal (Gen 3:15) Rod Rod from stem of Jessie (Is. 11:1-2) Comfort (Ps. 23:4)

14. By the Images Trod Trade Toil Soil Foot Shod Nature Freshness Deep Down Morning Bent Holy Ghost Broods Warm Breast Bright Wings

15. By The # of Syllables The / world / is / charged/ with/ the/ gran/ deur / of / God. It / will / flame/ out,/ like/ shi/ ning/ from/ shook/ foil; It / ga/ thers/ to/ a/ great/ ness, / like / the / ooze / of / oil Crushed. / Why / do / men / then / now / not/ reck / his / rod? Ge/ ner/ a/ tions/ have / trod, / have/ trod, / have / trod; And / all is seared/ with/ trade; / bleared, / smeared/ with/ toil; And / wears / man's / smudge/ & / shares/ man's / smell: / the/ soil Is/ bare / now,/ nor/ can/ foot/ feel,/ being/ shod.

16. According to the Stressed/Unstressed syllables  The world is charged with the grandeur of God. x / x / x x / / x x  The world is charged with the grandeur of God.  It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; x x / x x / / x / x  It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;  It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil x / / x x / / x x / x /  It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil

17. By Paraphrasing The world is filled with the God’s greatness. It will flame out like the shinning of shaken foil. It gathers like the greatness of the ooze of crushed oil. Why do men now not recognize God’s blessing? People have lived for many years, yet they are worn out, tired, and dirtied from work; They wear humanity’s dirty stain and share humanity’s unpleasant smell. The soil is barren now, and their feet cannot feel because of their shoes.

18. By the Triangle of Thought 114worldworld 213Flame outbent 312ooze of oilmorning springs 411Crushedlights off 510Generationthere lives 69Allall 78wearsshods

19. The Poem God has revealed himself through his creation and the crucifixion of Jesus, yet people are still blinded to God. They are always pursuing God, trying to find him; they are tired and exhausted—covered in guilt and shame. They are, therefore, unable to save themselves nor are they able to personally experience God. But hope still exists. God is not finished. Hope exists in Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.