Blake Flashcards
Introduction to innocence presents children as pure and holy
“On a cloud I saw a child”
Introduction talks of Jesus as a lamb
“Pipe a song about a lamb”
The shepherd says god is always protecting
“He is watchful while they are at peace / for they know when their shepherd is nigh”
The Lamb (innocence) questions people’s knowledge on their creator and says they share a name
“Little lamb who made the / dost thou know who made thee?”
“For he calls himself a lamb”
The lamb makes obvious allusions to Jesus
“He became a little child”
The little black boy (inn) says suffering is necessary
“We are put in earth a little space, that we may learn to bear the beams of love”
The little black boy (inn) shows forgiveness
“I’ll shade him from the hear”
The chimney sweeper presents death as a release
“And along came an angel who had a bright key / and he opened the coffins and set them all free”
The chimney sweeper (inn) enforces the idea of divine order
“So if all do their duty they need not fear harm”
The little boy lost (inn) suggests religion is being lost
“Father, father, where are you going”
The little boy found (inn) suggests that god is the ultimate saviour
“God ever nigh, appeared like his father in white”
Holy Thursday (inn) presents the benefactors as magical
“wands as white as snow”
Holy Thursday (inn) enforces how important love thy neighbour is
“Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door”
Introduction to exp suggest the earth is corrupt
“Lapsed soul”
Earth’s answer suggests that religion is repressive
“Break this heavy chain!”
“That free love with bondage bound”
