1. Religion in the Poetry of William Blake
Blake attempts to bring home the fact that we all have innocence of the lamb and ferociousness like the tiger, but we are all chained by the chains of civilization (religion, law). ... He says: "Man is all Imagination. ... Vaishali 130455 "Man is all imagination. ... So when his songs tells of god's love and power and care we must think them as qualities which men themselves display and in doing so realize their full divine nature. ... For instance in the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" it is an angel who "open'd the coffins & set them all free." ...
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- Grade Level: High School