William Blake Study Guides, Literature Essays

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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

  • Conflict In Shakespeare's Othello

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    Conflict may be experienced by individuals as result of the provocation of others their environment or may be chosen for selfish purposes Such conflict always leaves an impact upon individuals societies or even the larger world This impact may result in significant changes such as political struggles for racial freedom and equality or may yield only severe consequences such as death The latter is true for the Shakespearean play Othello Here Othello blindly allows others to distort his values th

  • 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 London

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    19th Century Poetry Essay Compare Wordsworths Composed upon Westminster Bridge and Blakes London You may like to consider the differences in perspective time of day sights and sounds What do these poems suggest about each poets view of London In their poems Composed upon Westminster Bridge September 3rd 1802 and London 1794 both Wordsworth and Blake are clearly describing their interpretation of the city of London yet upon comparison they appear to be seeing two completely different cities To u

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