From the title of the poem pied means having two or more different shades of colours and beauty means a combination of qualities that delights the aesthetic senses So from the title we can roughly see what Hopkins is trying to exemplify in his poem the different shades of colours in nature that we must thank God for and appreciate with all our heart The poem begins and ends with a simple praise to God Glory be to God for dappled things line 1 Praise Him line 11 This may be due to Hopkins religi