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    In William Blake’s The Human AbstractBlake describes the world in a contrary state to that which he presented in The Divine Image. The virtues of Mercy‚ Pity‚ Peace and Love‚ are explored in The Human Abstract to reveal how the good virtues of The Divine Image can be distorted and exploited for man’s power and gain. The virtues of Mercy‚ Pity‚ Peace and Love in The Human Abstract are shown to be a hypocritical means to a corrupt end. Since it is known that Blake was critical of organized

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    William Blake‚ one of the earliest and greatest figures of Romanticism‚ wrote the "Songs of Innocence and Experience" in the 1790s. The poems juxtapose the innocent‚ pastoral world of childhood against an adult world of corruption and repression. The collection explores the value and limitations of two different perspectives on the world. Many of the poems are in pairs‚ so that the same situation or problem is seen through the lens of innocence first and then experience. "A Divine Image" and "The

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    Erich Nolan CMLT-C205 3/19/12 A Comparison of Blake’s Poems “The Divine Image” and “The Human AbstractWilliam 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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    the human soul in “The Human Abstract”‚ by William Blake Before being good or bad‚ human beings are just humans who have to live with their own nature‚ which they sometimes cannot control. Man can do good or evil but he always makes it with a unique purpose‚ his personal satisfaction‚ because it is simply in his nature. Thus‚ human beings aware of good and evil are confronted with conflicting choices but they never act against their will. The poem‚ “The Human Abstract”‚ written by William Blake

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    William Blake was a man desperately obsessed with the divine. In "the Sick Rose‚" "the Lamb‚" and "the Tyger" he clearly demonstrates this dedication to examining that fascination through the use of three very tangible metaphors. One doesn’t have to look very far to observe this fascination for it is readily evident in every stanza of these poems; the deeper meaning behind his words can sometimes get lost in the details. "The Lamb" is‚ at heart‚ a tale of simple innocence. One may wonder‚ however

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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

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    Songs of Innocence and of Experience Themes by William Blake Major Themes The Destruction of Innocence Throughout both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience‚ Blake repeatedly addresses the destruction of childlike innocence‚ and in many cases of children’s lives‚ by a society designed to use people for its own selfish ends. Blake romanticizes the children of his poems‚ only to place them in situations common to his day‚ in which they find their simple faith in parents or God challenged by

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    topics. William Blake exemplifies this characteristic of Romantic Age poets with his use of animals‚ cities‚ and everyday jobs‚ such as the chimney sweeps. By using such relatable topics‚ Blake’s audience is able to better understand the comparisons included in his Songs of Innocence and his Songs of Experience. William Blake’s poems‚ “The Little Lamb”‚ from Songs of Innocence‚ and “The Tyger”‚ from Songs of Experience‚ are similar and contrasting through Blake’s incorporation of nature‚ human emotion

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    WILLIAM BLAKE William Blake was born in 1757‚ the third son of a London tradesman who sold knitwear. Blake lived in London which dominated much of his work. He was a British poet‚ painter‚ and engraver‚ who illustrated and printed his own books. He spent most of his life in relative poverty. He was very influenced by his brother’s death which he claimed he saw "ascend heavenward clapping its hands for joy" who died of consumption at the age of 20. He uses the illustrations and engravings in his

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    poems and works that many of us today have analyzed and even criticized. During this time‚ several poets were kind of actively involved in a literary movement known as Romanticism and they were William BlakeWilliam Wordsworth‚ John Keats‚ Samuel Coleridge and other famous poets in his time. William Blake as one of the members of the movement can be considered as a very radical poet during that time for he was somehow preoccupied with the issues of liberalism‚ radicalism and also nationalism later

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