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    Written in four stanzas‚ London by William Blake uses an ‘A‚ B‚ A‚ B’ rhythmic pattern. More in a lyrical form‚ the poem is basically about someone where he wanders in London and describes his thoughts and observations. He sees poverty‚ misery‚ and despair on people’s face and notices how London is a hideous and corrupted place with injustice in every corner. The poem starts with a sinister and gloomy atmosphere which quickly gives an idea to the reader what the author thinks of London. I noticed

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    Innocence Poems Introduction The narrator is a piper who is happily piping when he sees a child on a cloud. The child tells him to pipe a song about a lamb. He does so and the child weeps on hearing it. He then asks the piper to sing. He sings the same song and the child cries with joy when he hears it. The child then tells the narrator to write a book and disappears. The piper takes a reed to make a pen. With it he writes happy songs for children to bring them joy. This poem sets the tone

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    “The Chimney Sweeper” Songs of Innocence & Experience analysis with‚ William Blake In 1794 William Blake’s work was known and published as a collection of poems that were put together as one book called Songs of innocence & Songs of Experience. In the collection Blake titles a poem‚ “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ and this one is viewed in two ways: Innocence and experience. In the book of innocence Blake shows how poor innocent children are being abused and mistreated during this time era. In Songs

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    advantage of cheap labor. Children were among the most abused work force in that country ’s history. William Blake saw this increase of social injustice and was overwhelmed‚ so he began to write about this hypocrisy of social values that he felt was being carefully hidden from the mainstream. While most considered this unavoidable‚ child labor was a topic that they did not discuss openly in social groups. Blake wanted to change all of that. As a social critic‚ he wrote many poems condemning the hypocrisy

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    William Blake was a man desperately obsessed with the divine. In "the Sick Rose‚" "the Lamb‚" and "the Tyger" he clearly demonstrates this dedication to examining that fascination through the use of three very tangible metaphors. One doesn’t have to look very far to observe this fascination for it is readily evident in every stanza of these poems; the deeper meaning behind his words can sometimes get lost in the details. "The Lamb" is‚ at heart‚ a tale of simple innocence. One may wonder‚ however

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    telling society what they were not supposed to do and trying to dictate every aspect of their lives‚ which took joy out of many things in life. This further separated man from God. The last two lines‚ with their meter and rhyme pattern‚ sum up what Blake saw as the threat of losing the ’joys and desires’ of childhood innocence: unless we can develop our creative imagination to replace that lost innocence‚ we will lose the essence of life

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    2016 William Blake and Arthur Rimbaud: Loss and Prayer. Blake and Rimbaud were poets who were the most influential out of the many in the time of Romance and Realism. William Blake (1757–1827) was an author who was popular in the era of Romanticism and was known to some as one of the most well-known literature figures in Europe. Whenever I read a William Blake poem I can with no trouble imagine what is being said because of imagery and metaphors he uses. In The Garden of Love by William Blake

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    William Blake exemplifies the rebellious and questioning spirit of the Romantic age in the various poems he wrote. This rebellious spirit especially exemplified in his most famous poem‚ “The Tyger‚” which was published in a book of poems he wrote entitled Songs of Experience. The poem takes the reader on a journey of faith‚ questioning god and his nature. By asking a series of rhetorical questions‚ Blake is forcing the reader to think about the possibility that God is not just the meek and gentle

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    The title : ’’ Loves secret ’’ by William Blake is poem of unrequited love‚ the author is narrating a sad love story‚ he feels lovesick. The Author : William Blake was born in London in 1757. He belongs to the pre-romantic period in England. The setting : The poem was written in the 18th century‚ Im England . The Theme : It’s about the departure of a loved one when he admits that he loves her. The departure of the loved one can be interpreted in two ways. In one way‚ departure means her death

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    “The Tyger” by William Blake Now seen as one of the most prominent figures of poetry and visual arts during the Romantic Age‚ William Blake was an outcast during his time and often thought to be crazy due to his radical views on religion and theology. Although he was Christian‚ his family rejected the generally accepted form of Christianity and going to church. While he was young‚ Blake claimed to have seen and interacted with the angel Gabriel‚ the Virgin Mary and the spirit of his deceased

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