Poems by Blake (William Blake)
CBSE · Class 12 · English
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1. William Blake: Poet and Visionary Artist
- William Blake was a poet, painter, and engraver.
- He abhorred the rationalism and materialism of his times.
- His poetry presents human beings as beset with evil yet striving for the divine within them.
2. Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
- Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience represent two contrary states of the human soul.
- The Divine Image is taken from Songs of Innocence.
- The Human Abstract is taken from Songs of Experience.
3. The Divine Image: Humanising the Virtues
- The poem presents Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love as human-like virtues.
- These virtues are identified with God the father and with Man his child.
- Each virtue is given a bodily form: Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, Love the human form divine, and Peace the human dress.
4. The Human Abstract: Distortion of Virtues
- The poem questions whether Pity and Mercy can exist without suffering and inequality.
- Pity depends on the existence of poverty.
- Mercy depends on others not being as happy as we.
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