... simplicity, as the speaker for each of them was a child. To achieve this, an obvious, yet powerful rhythm with a simple rhyming scheme and basic, strong words were used in each poem. Blake does this by using repetition, stress and rhythm, reinforcing this further by punctuation and alliteration. The ... as the ones he used in The Songs of Innocence. That is, he used simple language and construction through alliteration, repetition, punctuation and the rhyming scheme to make the complex issues take a clearer form. London, a poem that was published in The Songs of Experience, is another wor...

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... , the contradictory rhyme schemes in "London" and "The Ecchoing Green" provide further proof of these poems being companion poems. "The Ecchoing Green has an AABB rhyming pattern. For instance, Blake writes: "Old John with white hair / Does laugh away care, / Sitting under the oak, / Among the old folk" ... almost be considered a happy song. It gives the reader a sense of contentment while reading the poem. However, the rhyming scheme in "London" seems inconsistent although it is a valid pattern. The rhyming pattern is ABAB, but it does not seem to flow very smoothly. For example when Bl...

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... . Both Poems use their structure to emphasise the words in them. William Blake's 'London' is written in four, four line stanzas. Each line of each verse has the same number of syllables; this creates a regimented, almost mechanical effect. It uses alternate line rhyming to make the poem sound regular. This system ... create the effect of order. It is written in prose using iambic pentameter. This device brings attention to emphasizes the meaning of the rhyming words. Both poets use different symbolism to convey their ideas to the reader. Wordsworth shows his feelings for London in a figur...

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... to say, life before the fall. This lies mostly in the voice of the poem, which closely resembles that of a child. Blake's diction reveals this with words such as "little."" "life,"" "softest,"" "tender,"" "lamb,"" and obviously, "child."" The speaker is talking rather simplistically to a lamb that most likely does ... a sense of humor. It's almost as if he's saying, "I can't believe people will buy into this."" Using rhyming couplets give this illusion of daintiness, perfection and bliss. Underneath the neat rhyming couplets, Blake does present the potential dangers of Paradise and the...

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... nature presented through cruelty, jealousy, terror and secrecy. The first and third lines start with the main word, while in the second and fourth words come preceded by the word "And". This makes the reader connect cruelty with terror and jealousy with secrecy. We can notice that the stress ... giving an emphasizing effect. Unlike many other Blake poems, such as "The Tyger" or "The Lamb" we Herrera 2 cannot find rhyming couplets in this stanza, but the rhyming and stressing effect is enough for the reader to tie the ideas together. This effect is strengthened by the repetition of the w...

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... thresh-holds of society. The lamb is another name for God as shown throughout many scriptures in the Bible. The language of this poem is filled with mellow and soft words such as, "life," (3) "stream," (5) "bright" (6) and "rejoice" (8). This innocence though, is prominently remembered just after it is lost. Like a deceased loved one, innocence is lost once and forever. The joyful ... and the tiger, question their creator. Like "The Lamb," Blake opens "The Tyger" with a question in stanza one, "What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" (4) In other words, Blake is a...

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... "The Lamb". He questions the issue of creation and in the poem offers a strong comment on industry and its effect on society. The poem is written in four, four line rhyming stanzas. The treatment of language in Songs of experience is grimmer and more economical. The ordered rational stanzas, with their lack of freedom and imagination. comment on the lack of ... almost that of a blazing inferno, reminiscent of the imagery of the inferno of hell. However the imagery of fire, although not as obvious can be extended. The uses of the words "what the hand dare seize the fire" seems to have ec...

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... . The repetition of the word "what" and numerous question marks throughout the poem is a constant reminder that Blake is questioning the creation of this inscrutable evil. The repetition of the words "their" and "He" in the fifth stanza pushes the reader to explore who "they" are and who "He" is. Blake ingeniously ends the poem by reiterating the first stanza, but ... action and the twisting and blending of the inner parts of the tyger, which only skillful hands could do. "On what wings dare he aspire?" and the mention of the words "hammer", "chain", "furnace", and "anvil" symbolize a fa...

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... it good or bad emotion involved, neither is secretive. The simple style of both these poems works to the advantage of showcasing an elaborate theme rather than snazzy wordplay and rhyming. "The Sick Rose" is based on two verses of quatrain. "The Blossom" uses repetition to underline certain points, as well as drawing a more distinctive contrast between the two verses. The ... world of experience is also stifling to creativity and bounding to freedom with its petty laws and conventions. We hear an overtly negative tone from the infant of experience, with words used such as "dangerous", "...

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... is introduced and forced to focus on Blake's choice subject - the Tyger. Why they are forced to focus on this particular subject is due to both the repetition of the words as well as the emphasis placed on them - note the exclamation points. Blake continues to paint his Tyger in shimmering fire, thanks to his choice usage of "burning- - fire - and ... . The beat is childlike and simple. This can be considered frustrating to the reader due to the complex nature of the poem being masked by a style somewhat juvenile in structure. Rhyming couplets, as well as first and last stanzas that are ...

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... . They are both victims of temptation which makes me wonder which of the two truthfully remains at fault. In this specific poem, the rhyme scheme is aabbcc and so on. Rhyming words are arranged consecutively and in pairs. Although the poem doesn't follow this pattern entirely, the rhythm, for the most part, follows that of a trochaic pattern, which means lines are broken ... ...

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