... for putting him in such sadness, but instead he chooses to hide it by making himself look happy and satisfied. The color black seems to be very important because it is used to represent sin against innocence, the color of the white snow. Blake used a lot of imagery in this poem to paint a ... very clear and disturbing picture in the reader's head. For example, when Blake wrote " A little black thing among the snow ... And that he did. Blake was very much for individualism. Not many people or poets would have risked critizing the church, his priest, and king as Blake did in this poem. "A...

• Word Count: 794
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School