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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of Blake's "London" and "The Chimney Sweeper". The theme of corruption is explored and emphasized. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. A Thematic Analysis of Blakes Poetry , 10/2010 VISIT
/aftersale.htm--properly! The poetry of William Blake has long been lauded for its wealth of atmospheric detail and rich symbolism. This makes them
attractive to literary critics because there is a great deal of material to put beneath the lens of critical theory. One can draw all sorts of inferences from Blakes work
through these methods precisely because of his constant infusion of symbolic content. Two particular poems from Blake, "The Chimney Sweeper" and "London" highlight this matter quite well, utilizing an abundance
of sensory details and imagery to convey an almost palpable theme of institutional corruption adversely affecting the quality of human life. In this paragraph, the student is assisted in
showing an understanding of the thematic content of Blakes poem. "The Chimney Sweeper" begins with the image of a "little black thing" creeping through a field of snow and uttering
a mournful cry; already, Blake begins painting the picture of desolation and human need (Blake 2003). Even before the first stanza is out, however, Blake has identified the figure as
a child, and the source of the childs misery as the deluded religious views of the childs mother and father. This is indicative of Blakes typical mistrust and disdain for
the church, or for any authoritative institution for that matter (Altzier 2009; Galvin 2004). This form of social commentary might be superficial, however, if not for how Blake bolsters it
in the next stanza by stating that the reason for the childs punishment is simply that he was "too happy", and that, as a consequence, his parents have forced a
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