Who coined the terms 'inscape' and 'instress'?
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Correct answer: D. G. M. Hopkins
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Hopkins: inscape is the distinctive inner form of a thing; instress is the force that holds it and impresses it on the beholder ('The Windhover', 'Pied Beauty').
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