Essays on William Blake

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  • Anatomy of a Flower in The Sick Rose

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    Anatomy of a Flower The Sick Rose is an interesting poem written by William Blake in 1794 Many different analyses can be drawn about the meaning of it The traditional interpretation of this complex poem tells the story of a woman who had a sexual relationship with a man and this destroys her life It can be deduced by four different interpretations the formalist the psychological the archetypal and the biblical ones which bring the readers to the same previous conclusion It can also have differe

  • Commentary on The Chimney Sweeper

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    Sweeping Chimneys was an arduous task and was by no means to be done by little children William Blakes response to the condition of the children who cleaned these dark polluted dingy and smelly chimneys are sympathetic and poignant In both his poems titled The Chimney Sweeper Blake expounds on the horrible conditions these children experience one that eventually leads to death Blake writes that death is in fact the only solace poor children who swept chimneys had Using techniques such as dictio

  • Commentary on The Lamb

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    The Lamb Commentary The Lamb is a poem written by William Blake from the collection poems called the Songs of Innocence The Lamb has two stanzas each containing five rhymed couplets The repetition of the first and last couplet gives a nice rhythm to the poem which makes it song like The soft vowels makes the poem light and happy The setting of the poem is in a meadow which is nice and calm A place to find peace and where the lambs are found It is mentioned in the poem by the stream and oer the

  • Commentary on The Tiger

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    The Tiger is one of the most beautiful descriptive animal poems that was ever written The poet describes the tiger as a powerful and almost immortal being What immortal hand or eye could frame thy fearful symmetry He compares the creator of this wild beast with the creator of the innocent lamb Did he who made the Lamb make thee The poet describes the tiger as a living breathing fire that walks brightly through the forest Tiger Tiger Burning bright in the forests of the night He is amazed at how

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