Consider the line "(the soil)/ is bare now, nor can feet feel, being shod."
by analysis, we deduce that hopkins means people are out of touch with god because they're
a. moving to cities.
b. too concerned with property.
c. depending on worthless machinery.
d. out of touch with the earth.

"(the soil)/ Is bare now, nor can feet feel, being shod," - by analysing the line, we deduce that Hopkins means people are out of touch with God because they're out of touch with the earth.

The correct option is Option D.

Explanation:

Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “God’s Grandeur,” is an exploration of the bond between Nature and God. It is about how the Almighty is infused in everything around us, despite man’s effort to ruin everything. When the sonnet was written, industrial and commercial revolutions were at their peak which put extra pressure on the environment. To express his concern and to cause awareness among others, Hopkins penned down this beautiful realisation.

jim mohr

explanation:

comfort   in their suffering