WILLIAM BLAKE(1757-1827) -THE LAMB Summary The speaker‚ identifying himself as a child‚ asks a series of questions of a little lamb‚ and then answers the questions for the lamb. He asks if the lamb knows who made it‚ who provides it food to eat‚ or who gives it warm wool and a pleasant voice. The speaker then tells the lamb that the one who made it is also called “the Lamb” and is the creator of both the lamb and the speaker. He goes on to explain that this Creator is meek and mild‚ and Himself
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Blake’s poem‚ "The Lamb"‚ represents a spiritual exploration of innocence and purity. The description of the lamb indicates as much with imagery that reflects a sense of softness and child-like authenticity. The first word of "little" helps to create this mood throughout the poem with ideas such as "softest clothing woolly bright‚" "tender voice‚" "vales rejoicing" (symbolizing a universality regaling in the lamb’s song of innocence and purity)‚ and the description of the lamb being "meek and mild
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William and Dorothy Wordsworth Compared: As Brother and Sister and as Writers. There is no doubt that there are strong similarities between Dorothy Wordsworth’s “Grasmere Journal” and William Wordsworth’s poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. The relationship between these two pieces is clearly illuminated by Frances Wilson and his critical take upon events highlighted in Dorothy’s Journal. As well as Wilson‚ Susan M. Levin also takes a theoretical look at the relationship‚ suggesting that Dorothy’s
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The lamb The poem was written by William Blake and belongs to the collection “Songs of Innocence”. The title suggests that the poem is about a lamb‚ a symbol of sacrifice and purity. It is made up of two stanzas of ten lines each. Every line has got six syllables. The poem is narrated in first person. The poet is made equal to a child‚ to deal with the theme in a more subjective way. In the first stanza the speaker asks the lamb who made it. He also wonders who gave it life and enabled it
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Charles Lamb Outline: I. In places like England during the early 1800’s‚ the Romanticism era was a popular form of literature. Romanticism focused primarily on nature‚ but also the goodness of human nature. In this letter from Charles Lamb to English romantic poet‚ William Wordsworth‚ Lamb’s diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery contribute to the haughty way he declines Wordsworth’s invitation. II. The author’s diction reflects his view that he feels that city life is more fitting for him than rural
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William Wordsworth as Founding Father of Romantic Poetry Although love may occasionally show itself as a muse of Romantic poetry it has very little to do with Romanticism. Romanticism is considered to be an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world.(Brooklyn College) The early Romantic period begins with the first edition of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth - co-written
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English Draft – William Holbrook Not even the Romantics agreed on a definition of Romanticism. Were the six great figures of Romanticism; Blake‚ Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Shelley‚ Byron‚ and Keats‚ to be put in a room together they would probably have falling outs - so different were they philosophically‚ personally‚ and artistically. Yet there is a common element‚ a binding element – and one expressed most clearly in the poetry of William Wordsworth. What all the Romantics shared was a reaction
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Its an analzis of a poem by William Wordsworth - Jennifer Lasky Ms. Grant English 10 per 6 April 7‚ 1997 The Solitary Reaper By William Wordsworth (1770-1850). "The Solitary Reaper"‚ is a poem divided in four different stanzas‚ and each stanza has eight lines. Throughout the course of the poem Wordsworth’s voice evolves from being an outsider voice into an insider voice; simultaneous‚ to the evolution of the voice‚ Wordsworth uses different ways and means to present the spokesman by itself
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Toussaint L’Ouverture and William Wordsworth L’Ouverture Haiti was once owned by Spain and France each claiming one half of the Island as its colony (Nosotro).Until long came one of the well known slaves that the Haitian people honor is Toussaint L’Ouverture. L’Ouverture was born into slavery. What Toussaint receive that many negroes didn’t receive was the ability to read and write (141). He also was a coachman and house servant instead of being in the fields. Years past‚ at the age of thirty
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William Wordsworth deals with a very contemporary issue in his poem „The world is too much with us…”‚ which is kind of surprising‚ because the author of this poem lived in the 19th century and it seems that back then people had already realized that human beings are destroying Earth and they take nature for granted. I guess Wordsworth wrote this poem to try making people aware of their actions and its outcomes. The speaker of this poem is a lyrical I‚ as you can see in line 11 where the poet
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