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Throughout the poem, Hopkins presents the theme of confinement through the imprisonment of the skylark and the structure of the poem. The poet says that the skylark is "scanted in a dull cage" this portrays that the skylark is reduced since it tried to rise up to the skylark but is restricted by the cage. Hopkins also uses an abba rhyme scheme which highlights confinement through the structure of the poem. the B is trapped by the A's in the rhyme scheme.

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in this poem hopkins present freedom as being unknown to both skylark and man.  as "mans spirit will be flesh bound when found at best". this means that a humans spirit can be expressed best within a perfected, glorified body, which can only be achieved at school. This implies that freedom can only be achieved after death therefore this implies that freedom is unknown to both hopkins and the skylark in this world. and can only be known after death. Moreover, "the bird remembering his free fells" this suggests that the bird cannot remember the last time that he was free therefore this implies the loss of freedom in the birds life as it is no longer valid and impossible to obtain therefore it is forgotten about. furthemore, the ABBA rhyme scheme mirrors the confinement within the skylark and man as the B is confined within the A such as the spirit of the bird and man kind are confined with in their skeletons as they are 'flesh bound'

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Freedom V Confinement:
- Hopkins presents the conflict between freedom and confinement throughout the poem by comparing the spirit of man to a caged skylark. Both are shown to be trapped "As a dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage" while the man "dwells" in his "bone house". This presents the "dare gale" Skylark to possess the courage to face a storm, but be confined within the bars of a dull cage, so to the spirit of man, which has the will to leave to heaven, but is confined "dwelling" within his body of bones. This displays a sense of irony and juxtaposition as both powerful excelling beings are trapped. Also "drudgery, day laboring out life’s age" shows that both the skylark and man can no longer remember the time of their freedoms as they endure the drudgery, for the man being a slave, spending his long life on earth toiling and sweating, and for the dare-gale skylark being trapped in his cage without the ability to soar the skies, mountains, and storms it used to defy.

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Throughout this poem, Hopkins highlights the change from confinement to freedom, in both the man and skylark, as death approaches. As the "man's spirit will be flesh-bound when found at best", it will still be somewhat held back by its own flesh and body, even during the final moments of resurrection. Resurrection is seen to be a peaceful and almost relieving process, however Hopkins sees it as something that restricts the soul and spirit. Hopkins believes this as man is made up of both body and soul, and so the power of death if the only force that will be able to tear the body from the soul. When the actual moment of resurrection arrives, the soul will no longer be bound to the flesh and will be able to be sent freely to heaven. Furthermore, the shift in rhyme scheme from the octave to the sestet also emphasises the freedom versus the confinement. The restriction and confinement of man and the skylark is spoken about in the octave, even shown in the rhyme scheme, 'ABBA'. The rhyme scheme shows the B being almost trapped by the A, as it symbolises the soul and the A symbolises the body and physicality. There is a positive change in the tone as the poem begins the sestet, and so the rhyme scheme 'CCD' follows. This rhyme scheme suggests freedom as the C is not bound by the D.

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In this poem, Hopkins presents freedom as being unknown to either skylarkm or man. This is highlighted by "that bird beyond remembering his free fells" which would suggest that the bird can not remember when the last time he was free, which would correlate to the human as he is not free and wanted to be too. This would give the impression that the bird and the man are trapped by a 'cage', this is apparent as the human is trapped in his own house the 'bone house' and wants to escape to experience freedom. This text tells us that the bird has been it this cage for so long that the thought of him/her in the cage out ways the memory of being free. In this quote "day laboring out life's age" would suggest that the human is stuck doing one job and is restricted by many rules, as he describes it as being day laboring which would suggest that he has to do that job everyday, which would suggest that he has to follow rules. The phrase 'life's age' explains that he has to do this for the rest of his life and would make it sound as if this 'job' he is doing is extremely boring and dull. this poem utilizes a 'ABBA' rhyme scheme which could represent the repetitive and trapped as the 'Bs' are trapped inbetween the 'As'. Hopkins conveys that the bird and his counterpart ,the human, have a few things in common such as wanting to be free and being trapped, to the audience.

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Throughout the poem, Hopkins  illustrates how bird and men are both held captive and cannot be free. The skylark is seen as a storm defying bird . A bird so strong and powerful that to cage it would be just cruel and  Hopkins emphasises this point by saying ' scanted in a dull cage ' which tells us that the mighty bird has been reduced to confinement to a dull cage, which is completely against its nature.  Hopkins shows man's imprisonement as man being trapped in his own flesh. You can see this when Hopkins  says ' bone-house, mean house'. Man believes that he is being held back from by his own body and is forced to live a boring momotonous life. He believes that only death will free his soul.

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Freedom vs Confinement-
Hopkins indicates the man and skylarks limitations of being able to aspire throughout the play 'The Caged Skylark'.
Firstly, the 'dare-gale skylark' is being confined into a gloomy and depressing cage, a bird that is meant to be flying freely and soaring through the endless storms has been locked in a prison, where its passion and purpose in life is snatched away. Similarly, the man is confined in his own skeleton, where he is capable of doing much more but his religion has limited him.
furthermore, Hopkins utilises a simile to compare both the man's spirit locked in its own flesh and the storm-defying bird locked in a cage, Hopkins does this to highlight the symbolism of the skylark and the man's spirit. This shows that the man is trapped mentally. As he knows that he is capable of doing much more but is restricted by his religion and this shows us that he wants to escape but knows that he is meant to be the position he has been put in. This would make the reader feel sympathetic for the man. And the use of the smile would help to aid the reader in imagining what its like for the man to be trapped.
Moreover, Hopkins uses the A, B, B, A rhyme scheme, to emphasise the way the man and the bird are trapped, as the 'B' is trapped between the 'A's this illustrates the sense of confinement and closure. Mirroring the man and the wild but captured skylark. This makes the reader feel as though the man and the bird are trapped in a prison. This makes them feel sorry and empathetic for both the man and the bird, it also keeps the reader integer as they would want to know if the poor skylark and the man escapes or aspires.

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Freedom vs Confinement:
Hopkins highlight the man and the bird’s experiences through the comparison of their confinements. A skylark is seen to be a beautifully powerful bird but is “scanted in a dull cage” this denotes that the bird is reduced to a cage where it is confined, lacks in space and is generally boring. This emphasises the birds restrictions as something as free-willed and daring as a skylarks is forced into a dull and cramped place as a cage. Additionally, the man’s spirit is trapped in his “bone-house”, this displays how the soul of the man is attempting to ‘break-free’ but cannot as his skeleton is detaining his spirit, therefore the man is restricted within his own body. Hopkins accentuates the confinement as he compares the man to a skylark and utilises the birds sense of freedom and adventure to describe his trapped spirit that is unable to be free due to the societal issue and the confinement brought by his religion that prohibited any sense of freedom. Furthermore, the first octave of this poem is written with a ABBA rhyme scheme. This also highlights the sense of imprisonment as the B’s of the rhyme schemes are cramped between the A’s and are restricted in their movement. This symbolises the  claustrophobia that is linked with the confinement felt by the man’s soul with the skeleton. This rhyme scheme also displays the lack of hope that could be present by the continuation of this rhyme through the octave as it is “ABBAABBA”. The fact that firstly the B’s are trapped within the A’s in the beginning four lines of the poem but then the A’s are trapped in the B’s (BAAB) and then finally the B’s are again trapped in the A’s. This continuing confinement within the rhyme scheme accentuates the lack of hope as it is visually seen that there is no way for the feeling of being imprisoned to end.

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Freedom V Confinement

Hopkins uses the the bird and the man to compare freedom and confinement within them. The skylark, a powerful and strong bird is "scanted in a dull cage" and is unable to achieve the great things. To be "scanted" means to be reduces to. It suggests that the bird is held back by the cage of all the great things it can achieve. A skylark is daring and free and placing it in a "dull cage" where there is nothing and no one and the bird is unable to take the risks and fly up high is how Hopkins presents confinement. He utilises the extended metaphor of the bird and man to compare their confinement. Just as the bird is caged, so is the man trapped in his "bone-house", his body. The man's spirit is also being captured and is unable to move on a accomplish greatness. Hopkins illustrated man's confinement within his body to reflect upon his life and the conflict within his about his religion and society. How he will only be truly free when his "bones risen", when he dies, compared to the bird which will have the freedom in his "own nest" that is no "prison". The reader feels sympathy towards the man.

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Freedom vs Confinement:

Throughout the poem, Hopkins illustrates how man and bird are both restricted in their own way but then free and content towards the end. The powerful skylark is “scanted in a dull cage” while man is trapped in his “bone-house” and they both aspire to be free. The element of irony is expressed as the bird is being described as storm-defying but despite its strength, it is reduced to a depressing cage. Also, man’s “mounting spirit” shows progression yet man feels captive in his own skin. This comparison suggests that both bird and man are strong and powerful but are held back from being free. Moreover, the confinement is contrasted with the bird singing the “sweetest, sweetest spells”. Hopkins intentional use of sibilance was to emphasise the brief change in tone where the bird feels a moment of content but then returns to feeling imprisoned. The bird and man feeling confined evokes sympathy in the reader as they both clearly resent the situation they are in and don’t feel content. In addition, the themes of freedom and confinement are highlighted with the ABBA rhyme scheme in the octave and the CCD rhyme scheme in the sestet. In the octave the rhyme scheme mirrors man and bird being trapped with the A resembling the cage and body and the B resembling the bird and man. This is where the poet focuses of how man’s spirit and the caged skylark feel confined. Therefore, Hopkins intentionally utilises this rhyme scheme to emphasise the frustration of man and bird and to make the reader feel pity for them. However, it is followed with a sestet containing a CCD rhyme scheme which mirrors man and bird finally being free as the C is the cage and body and the D is the bird and man who are not concealed anymore. The focus has been shifted to reveal the contentment within the bird and man being free and this makes the reader joyful. Hopkins displays the themes of freedom and confinement by initially showing that man and bird are trapped and helpless but towards the end are content and free.

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Freedom V Confinement
In the poem, Hopkins presents the theme of confinement through the imprisonment of the Skylark. The 'dare-gale skylark' was restrained in a 'dull cage'. The skylark that has the strength to withstand a powerful storm is confined within the bars of a dismal cage. The skylark is representing man and how his spirit is able to surpass heaven yet he is held within his body. The skylark's abilities are reduced due to the prison in which it is trapped in just as man is restricted within his skeleton. The bird has spent so much time in the cage that it is 'beyond the remembering his free fells'. He cannot remember anymore what it felt like to fly freely. To dive and feel the rush of excitement. The man is forgetting the feeling of freedom as he continues living life. The structure mimics the tone of confinement shown through the poem. It is an 'ABBA' rhyming scheme which shows how the 'B' is trapped within the 'A'

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Freedom vs Confinement
In the poem The Caged Skylark, the theme of confinement is explored by Hopkins' comparison of a man's spirit to a caged bird. 'As a dare-gale skylark scanted in a dull cage.'
The word dare-gale means storm defying and this shows that such a powerful bird has been reduced to a dull cage. In addition skylarks are birds, and birds symbolize freedom yet this skylark is trapped this creates irony and juxtaposition. A simile too has been used here. A negative tone is created here especially through the use of the word 'cage'. The author makes the audience feel pity for the bird. The poem then goes on about the 'man's mounting spirit in his bone-house, mean house.' Here Hopkins' uses an extended metaphor presenting the idea that man's spirit aspires to move upwards towards heaven but is held back by his body "bone-cage" just as caged skylark aspires to fly up to the sky but can not as the cage restricts him. The intertwining of the two ideas tightens the comparison. The audience are made to feel sympathetic towards the man through this comparison of the bird.

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-Freedom V Confinement

The theme of captivity within the man and skylark is represented throughout the poem.

-Nature V Man

Hopkins presents the theme of nature and man through a brief moment of contentment.

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Hopkins presents the conflict between freedom and confinement throughout the poem by comparing the spirit of man to a caged skylark.The man's spirit as ' was flesh-bound at best' which links to the poem's title of 'the caged skylark' of being physically imprisoned in them.This implies that humans will always be crippled by his physical body and will never find true freedom until they die ;Hopkins links this metaphor to that of the caged skylark that the man will never be able to remember true freedom before existence similar to how the bird is 'beyond remembering his free falls'.this also depicts that the bird has been caged for so long he is unable to remember freedom which implicates how human's eternal struggle will always be in a cage of bones until the release of death, the repetitive theme of being confined emphasises the extended metaphor of the human being caged in his body .This creates a dark atmosphere reminding the reader that they are able to sympathise with the skylark and comprehend the bird's sentence.

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Freedom vs Confinement:
In the poem The Caged Skylark, the theme of confinement is explored by Hopkins' comparison of a man's spirit to a caged bird.
The theme of freedom is mirrored through the brief presentation of contentment.

Nature and Man:
Hopkins links the ideas of nature and man through their comparison.

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-Freedom versus confinement:

Hopkins presents freedom as being unknown to either man or bird

-Nature and man:

Hopkins illustrates nature and man throughout the poem as
one.

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Hopkins highlights restriction of the man and the bird experience through the comparison of their confinements.

Hopkins presents man's spirit through the nature of the bird.

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- Freedom V Confinement
In the poem, Hopkins presents the theme of confinement through the imprisonment of the Skylark.

- Man and Nature
In the poem, Hopkins presents nature through the comparison of man and bird.

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Freedom V Confinement:
Throughout the poem, Hopkins illustrates how bird and man are both held captive and cannot be free.
Man and Nature:
Hopkins highlights the inner conflict that man and bird face as man is trapped in his own skin and the bird in its cage.