1. Blake and His Work
... highlighting the lives of the common people in society. The first poem illustrates how the nave and dreamlike visions of children were used in literature during the Romantic period. Blake follows this tradition when using the voice of Tom Dacre in the first poem, a child forced into labor ... And by came an angel who had a bright key, And he open'd the coffins & set them all free;" This sort of social consciousness in literature, stimulated by the French Revolution, also allows Blake to show in the second poem, through an experienced narrator, the true plight of child laborers: ... on ...
- Word Count: 1853
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: High School
