Introductions Flashcards
Both Innocence and Experience
When were the poetry collections published?
1789
What did Blake hate?
organised religion
what is Blakes writing style?
Accessible and easily understandable
(I) ‘pleasant glee’
semantic field of joy and emotive language
(I) ‘On a cloud’
biblical imagery
(I) ‘lamb’
common blake motif to symbolise innocence, purity and sacrifice
(I) what does the ‘child’ represent?
a heavenly angel
(I) what does this introduction denounce about the following poems?
that the poets writing is aimed towards children and to spread the joy of god
(I) ‘Drop’
child issuing a command
(I) ‘In a book, that all may read -‘
connotes to the bible
(I) ‘stained the water clear’
ruining the natural world
(I) ‘plucked a hollow reed’ and ‘rural pen’
symbolistic imagery - spiritual and religious but against rules and regulations
