1. Analysis of Little Black Boy by William Blake
In The Little Black Boy, William Blake confronts this issue of racial bias between white and black people through the voice of a young, black boy. ... The boy acknowledges that because he was born black, a perception that he was born from a different light of God than white people exists. ... In addition to answering the question of why God would give people them black skin, Blake raises the question if such people will ever be truly equal to white people in the eyes of society through the boys desire to become alike the white boy. ... In the final stanza of the poem, Blake begins to answer se...
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