In "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins readers can find many sound devices. Examples of such devices are alliteration, onomatopoeia, and assonance which give the poem a sense of action. Thus, they help to bring out the true meaning and sentiments found in the poem. The beginning section of the poem is an introduction of God. These few lines indicate that God possesses a great amount of power. The phrase "ooze of oil" gives the …showed first 75 words of 879 total…

…showed last 75 words of 879 total…feels strongly about a subject. As readers can see in the poem, his devices help the poem move with a continuation, and therefore, the images one gets from the poem are sharper. In this particular poem, the devices give powerful visions of the industrial age and the people living a dreary life as mentioned in the poem. It also accents the sentiments of Hopkins who feels that God is an immortal, powerful, and forgiving being.