This is a poem of finding evil in innocence, a song of experience, though the voice is hardly that of Blake's child-like singer. ... The plain truth of the statement takes on a cheerful sing-song quality, an effect increased in the next line by reversing the stress and omitting the short in Mixed ready. ... The adding of unstressed syllables speeds up and lightens the next line to soften the ugliness of what is being said: Like the ingredients of a witches' broth . . . ... Again we are brought up short with dead wings, and if kites are fun, a kite' is also a bird of prey, a...

• Word Count: 834
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School