underlying darkness. Both William Blake and William Wordsworth address this in their poems “London” and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. The poems are eight years apart and both written in London. Europe was going through its Industrial Revolution during this time. These poets see London in opposite Ways; using metaphors‚ personification‚ and imagery both poets show their points of views. Blake for the people’s sorrow and Wordsworth for its landscape. Even though both Blake and Wordsworth use metaphors
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across the news‚ the S.P.D realised that no one in their department was good enough to take charge and solve the murder.So Blake Cross from the N.Y.P.D was called to solve the case.Blake had a great reputation of solving difficult cases‚ once he solved a case with just a parking ticket!This time he had a lot of pressure on him as he was investigating the case of the Mayor. When Blake started searching the crime scene he found an asthama inhaler‚so he suspected it had the murderer’s fingerprints ‚then
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my wrath‚ my wrath did end” (Blake 1‚2). Which is a very simple poetic way of saying he was angry‚ but he felt better after confessing his true feelings. When Blake continues‚ he explains how he cannot confess his anger to a foe‚ and goes on by creating images and speaking about the consequences. The obvious moral of this poem is that anger becomes dangerous when hidden from a friend and more importantly‚ a foe. Interestingly‚ the metaphorical language of William Blake adds a deeper meaning to the
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Blake ’s dialectic is to be found everywhere in the Songs of Innocence and Experience - night and day‚ winter and spring‚ wilderness and Eden‚ etc. As Mitchell writes (1989:46)‚ ‘dialogue and dialectic of contraries constitute the master code of Blake ’s text’. Bass (1970:209) adds‚ ‘The total effect of Innocence and Experience is one of balanced opposites‚ each fulfilling and completing the other’. Moreover‚ according to John Beer‚ the ‘contrary states’ of the human soul are dialectic in themselves
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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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Erich Nolan CMLT-C205 3/19/12 A Comparison of Blake’s Poems “The Divine Image” and “The Human Abstract” William Blake (1757-1827‚ London) is considered the first of the great English Romantic poets; he was also a master engraver‚ a printer‚ and a painter. Blake was not widely known during his life and it wasn’t until some time after his death that his poetic works became widely read. Two of his best-known works “Songs of Innocence” (SoI) and “Songs of Experience” (SoE) contain the poems
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created the earth and Jesus that he may have also created evil‚ “Did he who made the lamb make thee?”(Blake 758). After reading the poem for the first time‚ the initial feeling from the author was anger within. The poem begins with the speaker asking a fearsome tiger what kind of divine being could have created it‚ "What immortal hand or eye could frame they fearful symmetry?"(Blake 758). Blake continues to ask vigorous questions wondering who could create such an evil beast. The first line of the
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Holy Thursday – Notes Introduction "Holy Thursday" is a poem by William Blake‚ first published in Songs of Innocence and Experience in 1794. This poem‚ unlike its companion poem in "Songs of Innocence" (1789)‚ focuses more on society as a whole than the Holy Thursday ceremony. In "Holy Thursday" Blake expresses feelings towards the society around him; England in the 18th Century and the emotional‚ spiritual and moral poverty. Summary The poem begins with a series of questions. The poet asks
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Ezra Jennings proves to be a gentleman who truly values love and friendship. Ezra Jennings is described to have a contradicting appearance‚ as Franklin Blake describes when he sees Ezra for the first time (Collins‚ 330). He is described as a person who has the physique and movement of a young man‚ but has the face of an elderly man. Blake even goes as far to say that he looks to be the elder when compared to Gabriel Betteredge (Collins‚ 330). It is then realized later on in the novel‚ that Jennings
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coaching and electronic monitoring (5) The growth of worker diversity (6) The aging workforce and (7) The birth of the dynamic workforce (Kreitner‚ p. 76). I will discuss how these seven changes major changes will affect the managers at my company‚ Blake Inc. The Virtual Organization We are living in a time where technology is in the forefront. Things are constantly changing and companies must be able to keep up with it. Right now in my company my managers are scrambling to keep up with
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