Blake The Ecchoing Green

Explain (tell me what image the poem brings to mind)She begins by describing the "death of winter's leaves".

The appreciation of nature is illustrated through imagery ‘and now the country bursts open on the sea-across a calico beach unfurling’. The use of personification in the phrase ‘and the water sways’ is symbolic for life and nature, giving that water has human qualities. In contrast, ‘silver basin’ is a representation of a material creation and blends in with natural world. The poem is dominated by light and pure images of ‘sunlight rotating’ which emphasizes the emotional concept of this journey. The use of first person ‘I see from where I’m bent one of those bright crockery days that belong to so much I remember’ shapes the diverse range of imagery and mood within the poem. The poet appears to be emotional about his past considering his thoughts are stimulated by different landscapes through physical journey.

The visual’s background is formed by a dark and starry night sky; stretching across the image and transitioning into a sunny day sky. This is a representation of the passage of time, life, death, and the power of memories. The nighttime depicts ageing and adulthood, whereas the daytime represents youth and life. In the poem, the narrator describes the sky, ‘Ambiguous night, ambiguous sky,’ which is symbolic for the transience between adulthood and childhood. An ambiguous sky is a sky which is unclear or undecided. The faded transition from the night sky to the day sky reflects this notion and the uncertainty of memories; displaying how the poem

At the beginning of the poem, the persona describes his home as “golden Landon and her silver river themes”. The use of shining colours such as silver and gold to describe Landon reveals his deep love for the city. However, he is now contemplating whether his home will become the bloodshed misery that was France during their (at the time) recent revolution, should the British government continue to oppress the democratic civilians. It is strange though, that the industrialisation of London is portrayed as a negative thing in this poem, because one could imagine that the development of a country is widely welcomed by most. Moving on, the poet goes on to illustrate the misuse use of power once more as the words “Church” and “Palace” are revealed in the same stanza (stanza four). It seems that the poet has done this to finally address that the church itself is promoting oppression, as they allow the rich to get richer, and the poor to stay poor. William Blake is known to have always disliked the church for this reason, despite his deep belief in the spiritual world. In the second last stanza he has used this disapproval to cleverly bring together two emotions, hardship and oppression, and prepare the reader for the final

This is expressed by the multiple examples of old men whom regret certain aspects of their lives and defy death even when they know their time is up. The speaker is urging his father to fight against old age and death. The meaning and subject of the poem influence the tone and mood. The tone is one of frustration and insistence. Thomas is slightly angry and demanding. His words are not a request, they are an order. The mood of the poem is is serious and solemn due to the poem focusing mainly on the issue of death. This mood and tone is created by words such as “burn”(2), “Grieved”(11) and “rage”(3) along with phrases such as “crying how bright”(7), “forked no lightning”(5), “near death”(13) and “fierce tears”(17). The insistent feeling is also created by the repetition of the lines “Do not go gentle into that good night”(1), and “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”(3). The figurative language used also affect how the meaning, tone and mood are interpreted.

In the opening stanza, he expresses his negative reactions towards everything surround him like clocks, telephone, pianos and dogs because he wants time to stop the distressed moment. For example, 'Stop all the clocks' and 'silence the pianos'. These sayings both symbolize how the person is affected by the death of the man in the poem and they both symbolize the feelings of grief such as denial. In the second stanza, he describes what happens in the funeral and uses symbolism so the readers can recognize the respectful mourning: “Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves. Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.” He also uses personification for the airplanes like “moaning” and “scribbling: He is Dead” to portray the empowerment of his miserable mood in the funeral.

In the first verse of the poem, the speaker tells whomever they are speaking to that she shouldn't be cautious when entering the night. Here, night is used as a metaphor for death. In the second verse, the speaker states that old men should be strong and lively when they are close to death. Again, there is another metaphor for death which is "the close of day". In the final verse of the stanza, the speaker encourages the old men to fight "against the dying of the light"-another metaphor for death. In the first line of the second stanza, the speaker says that although smart men who are close to death know that their end is inevitable, (verse 3) they do not die gently, instead they fight because (verse 3) they haven't sparked a fire with their

If we want to discover the particularity of eighteenth century London’s appearance or the details of its growth, there are both scholarly and temporary guides to consult. Through the historical background exposed in the previous chapters, in fact, we came across only to the objective point of view of the city, but if we want to discover the feel of London life, its people, its sounds and smells there is a more direct source: literature. Through poems we can understand the way the authors, like many other people, lived this specific experience.

William Blake is one of the most renowned poets in the history of English literature. Born to the owners of a hosiery shop on Broad Street in the center of London in 1757, William Blake developed into a toddler of extraordinary imagination. While only a young boy (around the age of four), he spoke to his parents of seeing angels playing amongst him, encountering visions of heaven and hell throughout London and the nearby countryside, and spotting God keeping a close eye on him during tasks and chores. It was not long before the young Blake began to stencil out the visions from his imagination, and as an eleven year old, he enlisted in Pars’ Drawing School to learn the art of printing and plaster casting.

William Blake’s poem “London” takes a complex look at life in London, England during the late seventeen hundreds into the early eighteen hundreds as he lived and experienced it. Blake’s use of ambiguous and double meaning words makes this poem both complex and interesting. Through the following explication I will unravel these complexities to show how this is an interesting poem.

An aabbccdd rhyme scheme is used in this short but well expressed couplet. Personification is frequently used frequently throughout the poem to make it evident to the readers that God’s creation of nature is living. For an example, in stanza 2, Kilmer says, “A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast”, verifies that nature works hand in hand with one another for survival and lives. Seasonal changes us readers can relate to such as summer,

William Blake is one of England’s most famous literary figures. He is remembered and admired for his skill as a painter, engraver, and poet. He was born on Nov. 28, 1757 to a poor Hosier’s family living in or around London. Being of a poor family, Blake received little in the way of comfort or education while growing up. Amazingly, he did not attend school for very long and dropped out shortly after learning to read and write so that he could work in his father’s shop. The life of a hosier however was not the right path for Blake as he exhibited early on a skill for reading and drawing. Blake’s skill for reading can be seen in his understanding for and use of works such as the Bible and Greek classic literature.

When Blake wrote down this poem, he was wandering around in the street, with painful contemplation oppressed him, and the darkness of evening fell over him. He saw the weak and whacked faces of people who came home late after the tiresome work for a whole day, that made him feel grieved. People, including the poet, all suffered from huge pressure, that is not only brought by life, but also from mental confinement. Every ban which is issued compulsively by the government was the cruel chains to people. As a result, the poet let off his anger in this poem and disclose the corruption of the current society. As readers read the whole poem line by line, we may be affected by the dark and miserable society. However, when another poet, Wordsworth arrived at London, what he saw was the beautiful dawn and the quiet early morning. In the first line of the sonnet, the poet emphasizes that London is the most beautiful on earth: “Earth has not anything to show more fair, dull would he be of soul who could pass by, a sight so touching in its majesty.” At that time, the big city was still sleeping, all the ships were berthed at the harbor, the towers and the domes amazed him, there were even theatres and temples for people to entertain and pray. All these things are “bright and glittering”, making the city active and vivid. Everyone living in this city, or travelers who

First of all, the social status, which is dark, dirty, and lifeless, is criticized. In the first stanza, the author creates an image of London city’s social status and successfully set the mood of the poem. He applies various figurative languages to give the feel of the gloomy mood. For example, the word “mark” repeats many times in line 3and line 4. Using to emphasize the emotions of people are worst; feeling like falling into the abyss. “mark in every face I meet”, “Marks of weakness”, “marks of woe” (Blake line 3-4). It reinforces the dark atmosphere and sets the reader in that horrible situation. Moreover, in the last stanza, the author narrates “the youthful Harlot’s curse” in the midnight

The unpleasant images then continue with the line "sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines”, by painting an image of a summer day being so hot that it is past the point of being pleasurable. “And often is his gold complexion dimmed”, takes the imagery of heat, and turns it down into an undesirable dimness. In the line, “nor shall death brag that wander’st in his shade”, the dimness is then brought down to a gloomy shade, created by an image of death, or a Grim Reaper, blocking the sun. The images created by death “bragging” are ominous and almost sinister. The “shade” created by death is big enough to “wander in”, and definitely paints a somber image. Continuing with the images of death and aging, the line “when in eternal lines to time thou grow’est”, creates an image of wrinkles appearing on an aging persons face. The reader is led to imagine that this old person is very close to death. However, the persona then brings the images full circle with the line "so long as men can breathe, or eyes can see”, by connecting death to the life that continues around it. The images go hand in hand with the persona’s manipulation of tone throughout the poem.