The speaker of the poem tells of his visit to the Garden of Love and of the chapel that is now where he used to play as a child. Instead of welcoming him in‚ the chapel has ’Thou shalt not’ of the Ten Commandments written over the door. The speaker sees that this negative morality has destroyed the garden as well‚ transforming the ’sweet flowers’ to graves and tombstones. The emotionless ritual of the priests ’walking their rounds’ threatens to choke out the speaker’s life itself.  The
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In the poem “The Garden of Love”‚ which has a figurative meaning‚ the writer makes a contrast of the experience of his childhood with that of his adult life. Which techniques does he use to achieve this objective? In the collection A Choice of Poets‚ the author‚ William Blake expresses his feelings about his childhood compared to his adulthood in the poem “The Garden of Love”. The disappointment of the poet is a dominant tone in this piece of literature. The poet used figurative language
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This poem uses the deterioration of an Edenic garden to represent the corrupting effect of organised religion upon our internal state of being. Blake’s ’The Garden of Love’ functions as a criticism upon organised religion‚ poignantly reflecting on its capacity to replace humanity’s innocent joys with rules and empty routines. Stanza 1 The name ’Garden of Love’ almost appears hackneyed through its traditional‚ Edenic connotations. It is a representation of innocence‚ with green‚ open spaces often
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Bailey Krasovec Garden of Love Explication When considering the many works of William Blake‚ the poem “The Garden of Love” withstands to me as one of his best poems‚ and one that can be interpreted in a vast number of ways. After reading literary criticism on this poem‚ it was interesting how differently the author of the article critiques the piece‚ in comparison to how I myself had originally perceived it. In my opinion‚ William Blake is a poet of great complexity‚ who before his time had
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Live‚ Love‚ Garden Each morning I look out my window at our garden‚ and the surrounding trees. I listen to a symphony of birds‚ as the sunlight shines higher in the neighbor’s sycamore tree. A full night’s sleep leaves me thirsty‚ so I go to the kitchen for a glass of cool water. I know that the plants in the garden are also thirsty‚ and I venture outside to water them. The grass feels good between my toes and as I reach for a ripe tomato‚ a butterfly dips down into a flower. This garden is full
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Analysis of Williams Blake’s ”the Garden of Love William Blake William Blake was an English poet and painter that lived from 1757 to 1827‚ but first acknowledged as a great writer after his death. He was fascinated by the bible‚ but against any organized religion. Some people believe he was homosexual because his poems often referred to that‚ but he was married and had kids for a time. He was against all the rules and empty norms Christianity had‚ and thought marriage had too many rules. Analysis
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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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Comparison of “The Garden of Love” and “The Echoing Green” This is a comparison of two poems by the poet William Blake. The first poem is called “The Echoing green” and is a poem from 1789‚ in a collection called “The Songs of Innocence”. The second poem is called “The Garden of Love” and is from 1794‚ from the collection called “Songs of Experience” In this assignment I will compare these two poems‚ focussing mostly on the mood. The green tells us that the story takes place outside. The story
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Blake Stone Professor Barto ENG. 099 June‚ 21‚ 2012 Trash is everywhere you look up‚ down‚ left and right. Who job is to clean it up? The garbage man his assignment it to get trash‚ sounds easy right. But being a garbage man is one of the nastiest and dangerous jobs out there. It is a job I would never take‚ because of the disease you can encounter with all the trash‚ and all the lifting can cause injury or serious strains to the body. One would think being a garbage would be simple
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language‚ William Blake expressed his abhorrence of the Church’s deep-rooted stance on faith; such a stance on Christianity was considered blasphemous‚ but he could not be charged with a crime. He believed that with true spirituality‚ the individual could fully engage in their faith and attain eternal salvation without the intrusion of organized religion—for the Church is solely concerned with subduing Christians with an orthodox emphasis on reason. Its rigid practice of faith‚ Blake denounced‚ actually
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