Blake's "London" And "The Garden Of Love"
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William Blake is one of the greatest poets to have ever lived.
Some critics have discussed the notion that William Blake was insane or
crazy. One critic of his poetry said this about Blake: "There is no doubt
this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man
that interests ....
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.... this unavoidable, child
labor was a topic that they did not discuss openly in social groups. Blake
wanted to change all of that. As a social critic, he wrote many poems
condemning the hypocrisy between these two worlds, for example, "The
Chimney Sweeper," "London," and "The Garden of Love."
In "London," Blake reveals that this hypocrisy has robbed the world
of innocence and spirit. In the first two lines, Blake repeats the word
"charter'd." He uses this repetition to stress the m ....
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