Rose” I) The Sick Rose written by William Blake‚ and published in Songs of Experience in 1794. II) The speaker addresses a rose that is sick. During a dark‚ stormy night‚ a worm that cannot be seen flies through the sky. There is a “dark secret love” about the worm that is destroying the rose’s life. III) The poem is told in the second person point of view. The speaker directly addresses rose‚ “O Rose”. Also‚ Blake uses words such as “thou” and “thy” which are variations
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years old were being sold for the soul purpose of cleaning chimneys because of their small size. Blake does an amazing job at effecting me with this poem because you can really feel the pain of the poor boy Tom in the poem. Even though I had never heard of Chimney Sweepers before‚ Blake made me feel very strongly about the situation by writing in first person and using common language. One way Blake makes this situation easy to relate to is the writing style he uses. There was not one word that
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Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank in Atlanta‚ Georgia. With their store‚ Marcus and Blank revolutionized the do-it-yourself home improvement market in the United States. Home Depot began as a very basic store‚ operated in a large‚ no-frills warehouse. Home Depot carries over 35‚000 products‚ with national brand names along with the Home Depot brand. At the start‚ Home Depot was able to offer exceptional customer service with knowledgeable employees who could guide
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Critical Analysis of William Blake’s “The Tyger” William Blake‚ a well known English Poet‚ was a master of many art forms and he is responsible for introducing some of the most known pieces of poetry today. Perhaps his best known piece‚ “The Tyger’‚ is a very mysterious piece of literature with many underlying meanings that can go quite deep. Now we will slow down‚ and closely analyze the poem stanza by stanza. If you’re ready to experience the jungle of hidden meanings‚ lets take a leap into
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others. In “A Poison Tree”‚ Blake introduces the cultivation of anger as the principle theme. He maintains that restraining anger‚ rather than preventing cruelty and aggression‚ gives extra energy to aggression and strengthens cruelty. In “The Human Abstract”‚ Blake suggests that intellectualized virtues such as mercy‚ pity‚ peace‚ and love are a breeding ground for cruelty. He depicts cruelty as a conniving and devious person‚ and by planting a tree‚ lays a trap. William Blake travels deep into the darkest
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“William Blake’s poetry demonstrates his fascination with the ‘marriage of opposites’” William Blake uses a diversity of techniques to demonstrate his interest in the ‘marriage of opposites’. Opposite is defined as one that is contrary to another. Innocence is frequently associated with youth and childhood as it is the sincere beauty of life. Those who are innocent are unaware of sexuality or the wickedness of this world to which they are helpless against. Whereas experience is the fights and commotion
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"London" and "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" In the poem "London‚" the author‚ William Blake‚ describes the misery of poor people in London‚ such as chimneysweepers‚ soldiers and harlots‚ to reveal the scene of exploitation and social injustice and to express his hatred of the city’s moral darkness with a melancholy tone. However‚ in "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚" William Wordsworth portrays‚ in a delighted and tranquil tone‚ the beauty and peace of a London’s morning seen from Westminster
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of a beautiful yet ferocious tiger. Blake begins the poem by beginning a conversation with the tiger and almost immediately begins his questions of who could make such a fierce creature. He wonders if God could really create such a creature or maybe it is a creature produced from a darker source. Blake also refers to the tiger as a form of art‚ almost as if the creator made the tiger perfectly. The image of a blacksmith is also given through the poem as Blake refers to a blacksmith’s common tools
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The sick rose and the Blossom. William Blake In Songs of Innocence and Experience Blake compares and contrasts the mechanised‚ urban world with the natural world. At the heart of this is the effects that civilised man measured up against man in a state of nature. Innocence relates not just to childhood in the individual but what has been lost or deformed in mankind by the civilising forces of society. In the sick rose and the blossom the theme is love‚ both of the heart and the body. In the blossom
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Blake Moffett Treadway 8th period The Key to Success Sylvester Stallone once voiced “I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind‚ furious optimism.” Any kind of success in this life is unattainable without optimism. Optimism should‚ without a doubt‚ be a priority. Optimism is the only thing that kept our students learning‚ our doctors healing‚ and our troops fighting‚ all these in hopes of a better future. Optimism is another word for faith. Optimism is just faith
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