... Going on with this idea of Satan as the forge-master, Blake goes on to ask "What the anvil? what dread grasp dare its deadly terrors clasp?- (15-16). It need not be mentioned that the "anvil- is a prime tool for blacksmiths. And the "dread grasp-, obviously belongs to Satan. The ... "deadly terrors- could simply be mentioned by Blake to indicate the basest nature of evil - terror and death. Here, the reader is finally introduced to the fully ... - a creature created by God, yet also heavily influenced in its creation by Satan in an effort to kill the faithful (the use of "deadly- helps...

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