Hopkin’s “The Windhover” is such a unique poem, and requires more that a blog post to fully discuss all of the devices used in its lines. The poem describes a hovering bird — yet this bird is never just described as a simple animal. Witty diction creates stunning alliteration (“morning morning’s minion”, “daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn”), and makes the bird seen regal and ethereal. The first stanza creates a description of the bird and ends with the speaker declaring that their heart “stirs” from hiding because of the mastery of the bird hovering. This stanza is relatively easy to follow in comparison to the second and final stanza. The speaker continues to use smart alliteration when discussing the beauty of the hovering bird, and also reminds himself that the bird will continue to complete this phenomenon for every day of its life (“O my chevalier! No wonder of it:”). Whether this is intended to mean that there is beauty in day-to-day occurrences or if it means something else entirely, “The Windhover” is a completely unique poem that pushes readers to think.