Jessica Bologna AP English Lit. P. 4 In the two poems The Chimney Sweeper William Blake addresses the political issue presented at the time: the morality of the children sweepers. Blake attempts to describe the working conditions through two perspectives‚ one being through the eyes of an experienced chimney sweeper and the other through the eyes of the innocent. In the eyes of the experienced‚ the conditions described are explicit whereas the one through the eyes of the innocent are implicit
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London In London‚ William Blake portrays a very dark and abysmal picture of London. Throughout the whole poem‚ Blake never mentions a positive scene. The poem seems to deal with the lower class part of society‚ the part which lives in the poor neighborhoods. The first stanza begins with the speaker wandering around London. Throughout the poem‚ Blake repeats a word which he used in one line‚ in the next line. An example of this can be seen in the first two lines. He uses the word chartered in
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lamb is a gentle and meek creature that is both daring and submissive. A lamb is very much like a child. In “The Lamb‚” William Blake creates a childlike tone through a very songlike form and structure. What this does is give the poem an innocent view‚ more in the first stanza than in the second. Through the use of apostrophe‚ the entire poem being an apostrophe‚ William Blake attributes human qualities to a lamb‚ the lamb being the listener‚ the child being the speaker. Throughout the entire poem the
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In his works Blake also talks about the harm the church could do to a person. His famous poem The Lamb was full of references to religion. The main character is a child who talks to a lamb. The child asks the lamb who his creator is‚ and says that Jesus was called
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In “A Brother’s Murder”‚ Brent Staples loses his brother due to the street life and hustler image that his brother portrayed upon himself. Staples grew up in Chester‚ Pennsylvania in a heavily black‚ poor‚ and violent industrial city. His brother Blake adapted to the street life and hustler image to prove how manly he was. As Staples grew older he didn’t like the life in a poor and violent neighborhood so he left his hometown for a better life and moved to Chicago. In Chicago Staples went to college
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Blake valued many important things. “Blake’s enduring value‚ however‚ may well lie in his intense awareness of both spiritual values and the difficult and humble lives” ( Morsberger 1). Blake wrote about and valued humble people and their lives. Furthermore‚ he practices what he preaches in which he tries to be and is humble. Blake had a major impact on the literature world. “ Blake’s output as a writer and artist was extensive. He left more than thirty major works…” (Morsberger 1). Blake had
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The Balance of Good and Evil “The Tyger” by William Blake expresses the idea of the creation of evil. It involves a very powerful rhyming scheme to convey the strength of the matter. Through the use of metaphors relating to certain gods‚ both Christian and Greek views‚ the image of the “Tyger” is described. This poem is the second in a pair which was published in his collection Songs of Experience in 1794. Blake’s previously written poem “The Lamb” was written in his collection Songs of Innocence
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interpreted them‚ and have rewritten them in a more personal or modern language‚ or in order to apply it to a more modern or personal situation/event. One piece of literature that has been interpreted in many different ways is The Sick Rose‚ by William Blake. According to ‘Oh Rose‚ Thou Art Sick!’ Anti‐Individuation Forces In The Film American Beauty by David Hewison‚ some of these interpretations include‚ “…the corrupting nature of illicit sexual desire: the ‘dark secret love’ which destroys life as
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building up inside of him‚ where it eventually takes control of him. Blake is trying show the readers though the poem that it’s a lesson so what ever it is that people do don’t let it take over no matter what happens. “And I watered it in fears‚ Night and morning with my tears.” The character also becomes two faced and he smiles at his foe he acts very nicely. His trying to draw him to the trap that he has set up for his foe. Blake also portraits his foe getting sucked into his tree because his saying
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MIP with new figures = 17.5 million / 140 million = .13% Elaine feels pressure to deliver “good news” to Blake. What advice would you give to her? Given the possible personal financial rewards that Elaine may enjoy if GSM goes public‚ would your advice change? The truth in the figures is exactly what Elaine should be showing to Blake. Although the numbers are less than satisfactory to Blake and his expectations‚ the numbers are the numbers and should be reported appropriately. It would prove Elaine
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