that ’well’ is a rather nebulous concept‚ it can be hard to place a judgement upon whether this statement is more often than not correct. Nevertheless‚ especially in the works of ’Volpone’ by Ben Jonson and ’Songs of Innocence and Experience’ by William Blake‚ power is very rarely‚ if not ever‚ depicted as being used responsibly and for the good of others. It is‚ however‚ almost always seen to be used to the advantage of the person who possesses it. This in itself could be seen as using power ’well’
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Corruption of authority can consume an individual or even an entire society. Both of William Blake’s poems‚ “The Chimney Sweeper‚” syntactically resemble one another through Blake’s employment of the ampersand and a fairly simplistic rhyme scheme; however‚ the tone in the first poem remains naïve and innocent as the speaker personally describes critical moments of coping with the atrocities of chimney-sweeping while the second poem employs a more cynical or accusatory tone as the point of view shifts
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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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interpretation in The Chimney Sweeper is that the speaker was sold at a young age by his father‚ to work as a chimney sweeper. Also‚ Tom Dacre dreamed of “thousands of sweepers‚ Dick‚ Joe‚ Ned‚ and Jack‚ were all of them lock’d up in coffins of black” (Blake‚ 1789/2007). “Though his [the speaker] few years seniority have given him a protective sense of responsibility‚ they have robbed him of little of his innocence” (Harrison‚ 1978). The speaker retells Tom’s dreams sincerely and reports on certain lines
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Shane Martin Mrs. Byrne British Literature Honors 21 March 2013 The Garden of Love Analysis Paper Romantic poet William Blake’s The Garden of Love is one of the twenty six poems included in his Songs of Experience collection. The poem tells of William Blake’s visit to the Garden of Love‚ a place where he spent most of his childhood. Much to his dismay‚ all that is left of the once-beautiful garden is a church‚ along with a graveyard where the beautiful flowers once were. The poem criticizes
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Timothy Huebner 3rd Period IB English A1 HL COMPARE AND CONTRAST WILLIAM BLAKE AND JEAN RHYS ESSAY William Blake‚ with his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ and Jean Rhys‚ in Wide Sargasso Sea‚ utilize extensive symbolism and imagery in their respective works. They use imagery related to nature to symbolize Heaven/Hell or good/evil. They also use this imagery to emphasize the morals of their literary works and indicate‚ in the case of Wide Sargasso Sea‚ how the current events would
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the scene applies to the tone of the poem as well. Also characteristic of the Romantic sonnet is the retreat from the neo-classical age and its significant historical references into a new age where it becomes common to speak of "nothing." In William Wordsworth’s "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚" there is no deeper meaning to be grasped other than the beauty of the day’s dawning. The speaker’s view of the morning and its "majesty" and the "calm" that comes over the speaker are central ideas
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The Tyger by William Blake The tone of the poem‚ “The Tyger‚” by William Blake is godliness. The author uses the pronouns “him” and “he” and the word “heavens” in the poem‚ indicating a sort of religious vibe. The poem is also very mysterious‚ constantly asking questions. The author uses diction‚ syntax‚ figurative language‚ and imagery to show the tone and theme. The theme being‚ the identity of a God or a Creator. Syntax in the poem develops the tone through punctuation. The poem asks a lot
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Little Lamb‚ God bless thee! Little Lamb‚ God bless thee! The poem the lamb‚ by William Blake is a meditation poem written in 1789. It is about a physical object‚ an animal‚ but it addresses the much grander topics of God and creation. It asks rhetorical questions to a lamb in the first half and then answers the questions in the second half of the poem. The lamb is one of the simplest poems of Blake. The symbolic meaning of it is almost clearly stated in the poem ’The Lamb’ which is probably
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evident that there is an opposing positive and negative relationship to everything in the world; day and night‚ good and evil‚ black and white; which leads some to enquire if one portion could exist without the other. This very notion is explored in William Blake’s “The Tyger”‚ where he develops this idea through language‚ imagery and poetic devices and through the poem’s exploration of the inseparable forces of good and evil. This poem breathes true of human nature through its use of contrasting agents
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