These depressing examples include the marks "In every cry of every Man," "In every Infant's cry of fear," and "In every ban" (5-8). The mental anguish of unhappy marriages and society's "mind-forg"d manacles" are both examples of nature's dismal tone in this poem (8). ... As opposed to the peaceful ending in the first companion poem, Blake uses a quite disturbing closing and according to the footnotes a frequently argued closing. ...

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