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William Blake

escriptions of the crying baby and man with the observation that people oppress their hopes and dreams, because they know that they will never be able to achieve their dreams. Another is in the third stanza when Blake describes the crying chimney sweep and then the “blackening church,” but is it really saying that the church does not want to dirty its hands by helping the soot-covered chimney sweep. Therefore, a “blackening church,” is one that helps the common, dirty people. Blake says, “every blackening church appalls,” showing that the aristocracy and those in positions of power did not want the church that they supported associating with common people. Throughout the poem, Blake uses fairly simple language punctuated with the occasional obscure word, but generally the more common words. Probably, to appeal to the common people who he was supporting through this poem (Margoliouth).In the first stanza of Little Girl Lost, Blake introduces the setting of the poem. It starts with ‘In the Age of Gold’ because he was addressing the poem to the ‘future age’ therefore beginning the poem in storytelling style. The tragedy begins in the fourth stanza where deception takes place. The two youths become weary, as their day spent together comes to a close. Realizing that it is almost evening and they soon must part, ‘they agree to meet, when the silent sleep.’ This lyrical poem is written in a distinctive form, excluding the introductory stanza. A rhyming scheme is incorporated throughout the entire poem. There is no distinct pattern in his work but he tends to only capatalize those words that should be emphasized. Blake also likes to use colons, especially in this poem. A missing period at the end of his poems is extremely conspicuous and questions the ending of this poem.In conclusion, the spiritual aspects of the Tyger are apparent and undeniable. Equally so...

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