setting starts off in the Western Union office on a rainy day where Blake first sees Miss Dent. Blake “started walking briskly east toward Madison Ave” (Cheever‚ 236)‚ which I assume the story takes place in the city of New York. I believe the most significant setting in this story is the train ride to Shady Hill‚ the five-forty-eight deep underground. On the train is where the events started to reach its climax. This is where Blake was vulnerable‚ and where Miss Dent stood up for herself and took
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The Lamb‚ the Tyger‚ and the Creator William Blake writes about the origin of life and its creator through his two poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger.” He uses these two poems to depict different aspects of the world’s creator. In “The Lamb‚” Blake takes a passive approach to discuss creation. He uses a lamb to exemplify his point‚ and depicts a warm creator. Blake illustrates another perspective of the creator through “The Tyger.” In this poem‚ Blake examines the nature of the tyger to show a more
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protect you. No matter what. I love you‚ baby girl." I blushed again. Why did he have to call me baby girl in front of everyone? Despite the situation‚ I let out a small chuckle and heard Chris‚ Sam and Dean dying of laughter in the corner of the room. Blake walked back over to me‚ Eliza following
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Pratt seems lifeless and colourless when compared to the poem “The Tiger” by William Blake. William Blake captures Evilness vs. Goodness in his poem “The Tiger” by questioning the God on how could he create the evil when he once created the good. Whereas the poem “The shark”‚ E.J Pratt captures all the qualities a shark has. The two poems have two different meanings and create totally different images. Blake created a more developed meaning‚ imagery and diction in the poem “The Tiger” than Pratt
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This can be seen when Blake writes‚ “ What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? [....] In what
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Although both Blake and Wordsworth are romantic poets‚ their subject matters and style of poetry differ greatly. Blake is often critical‚ ironic and symbolic about matters such as city life and politics‚ whereas Wordsworth is explicit and very descriptive - frequently using figurative devices in his works. Blake ’s use of language is stark and bleak‚ while Wordsworth ’s is rich and involves senses. Blake ’s themes are also more to do with society‚ but Wordsworth ’s are based around nature and spiritual
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After Analysis of the poems of William Blake‚ Percy Shelly‚ and William Wordsworth‚ it becomes apparent of the different views the authors have about England in the 19th century. William Blake looks with disdain at the materialism of the churches and political buildings while many live in poverty. William Wordsworth sees the average Englishman as money craving and greedy; to him this greed seems to be the start of spiritual decay that will only get worse as the society progresses economically. Percy
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Sweeper AP question Q2 The Author‚ Blake‚ tells the story of the life of young chimney sweepers. In the Poems‚ Blake uses figurative language to show the characters dreams as he is forced to work in chimneys. Blake contrasts the two sides of the boy’s dreams and fantasies. In the first poem the main character dreams about the day he dies so he can be from this figurative hell that he works in. “And he opened the coffins & set them all free.” (line 14) Blake emphasizes the agony that the boy goes
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What are the salient features of Blake’s poetry? Of all the romantic poets of the eighteenth century‚ William Blake (1757-1827) is the most independent and the most original. In his earliest work‚ written when he was scarcely more than a child‚ he seems to go back to the Elizabethan song writers for his models; but for the greater part of his life he was the poet of inspiration alone‚ following no man’s lead‚ and obeying no voice but that which he heard in his own mystic soul. Though the most
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The narrator describes how one could get stuck in the rubble of the violent drama‚ like his brother Blake‚ and how one can avoid it completely‚ like the narrator did. Staples elaborates on the conditions in which these young males were being killed‚ their race and gender‚ and he explains how he avoids it entirely. THESIS?? Throughout the first paragraph‚ Staples elaborates on that fact that Blake and the narrator don’t have much of an opportunity growing up in a city with such harsh circumstances
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