BLAKE Chimney Sweeper Many little boys die from chimney sweeping‚ “Songs of Innocence” The Lamb The lamb is a common metaphor for Jesus Christ‚ who is also called the "The Lamb of God" in John 1:29 London The poem reflects Blake’s extreme disillusionment with the suffering he saw in London The Garden of Love "The Garden of Love" is written to express Blake’s beliefs on the naturalness of sexuality and how organised religion‚ particularly the orthodox Christian church of Blake’s time with
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character‚ symbol‚ or even a setting. Sometimes we overlook the importance of an archetype and think that it has no meaning when in reality it can be the most important thing. It could be something as little as a sidekick who doesn’t say or do much. Blake does an excellent job of having different archetypes in each one of his writings. First of all‚ we have The Lamb which is in the book of innocence because he is referring to the lamb as an archetype. The lamb is said to be innocent for many reasons
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Jemima Nicole S. Francisco 2012-22524 BSE major in English Eng 22 Prof. Mike Falgui English Literature: Romanticism and Victorian I. Themes of English Romanticism in Literature "Romanticism" is a period‚ movement‚ or style in arts starting in the late 1700s and flourishing in the early 1800s‚ a time when the modern mass culture in which we now live was first taking form: the rise of nation-states as defining social and geographic entities‚ increasing geographic and social mobility
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in which Blake employs to London is significant to the understanding of the poem. Blake chooses to give the poem a persona‚ a person who appears to have extensive knowledge of the city and helps give credibility to the poem. (Foster‚ 1924) The use of first person in all three stanzas allows the poem to be more opinionated and less objective‚ drawing the reader’s attention by making it more personal. Blake’s London is to be the reader’s London as well. In addition to point of view‚ Blake further
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Zahid Islam Instructor-ELT 18th Century English Literature 10 April 2011 The Theme of Alienation in Blake ’s The Little Vagabond Thesis: The central character in William Blake ’s poem becomes alienated from society because of the hardships and ill-treatment he has to undergo at the hands of people in authority.
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in. This type of escapism was well-received‚ allowing a similar feeling to emanate in others who suffered the worst of the Industrial Revolution. “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake is a two part poem that analyzes the innocence of child laborers during the Industrial Revolution and exposes the manipulation of authoritarian powers. Blake also used escapism to contrast the bleak reality of industrialized Europe to the beautiful world
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THE 18TH CENTURY REVOLUTIONS -From 1775 til 1763 was the American War of Independence. 1780 was an uprising called “The Gordon Riots” in London; they were an anti-Catholic uprising against the Papists Act of 1778. -Then followed the French Revolution. 1789 was the fall of Bastille and 1793 was the Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declared war against Britain. 1804 Napoleon was crowned emperor. -Industrial Revolution: James Watt perfected the steam engine and 1776 the first
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mother’s breast‚ which is the safest place to be. Comparison w/ other poems: In this poem there are two characters who appear also in “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ another famous poem of Blake’s: the father and the mother. Their role in these two poems is in the same time the opposite and the same: they both treat their child in a bad way‚ but the chimney sweeper’s father is so cruel that he sells him‚ while the infant’s one loves him too much and doesn’t allow him to be free. Language: The language
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language and form of the songs. On this score‚ I strongly identify with Shadrack Ambansom’s opinion that “it would therefore be myopic to consider Blake as a simple poet… indeed no poet who was capable of presenting penetrating studies of the devious and treacherous human heart as ‘The Human Abstract’‚ and ‘A Poison Tree’ etc can be called simple” (24). Blake‚ like Marlowe in Dr. Faustus‚ exhibits in his Songs of Innocence and Experience that the human soul has a dual nature‚ essentially made up of
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for the middle and upper class‚ but caused grim employment and living conditions for the poor and working class (Industrial Revolution). Normally chimney sweepers were orphans or children sold by their poverty-stricken parents. These children experienced physical and mental distress due to their work and living environments. The children who chimney swept had lifelong injuries and problems
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