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  • Essay / Willaim Blake's Expressions of Society in His Works

    William Blake, an amazing romantic poet, could write an entertaining poem, but the poems also contained criticism of society. Blake would express the way he viewed society through his poetry and some of these poems can be perfect if you really start to analyze and look at society in relation to the poems. William Blake wrote many entertaining poems and majority of them create society and show what society was and still is today. In The Lamb and The Tyger by William Blake they show the different types of people in society, The Chimney Sweeper shows how children are hurt and Infant Sorrow shows the rebels in society. William Blake's two poems, The Lamb and The Tyger are two poems. which show the different types of people in society. To begin with, in the poem The Lamb, it shows a very innocent and caring person. This is what is said in the poem “Little Lamb, God Bless You”. This means that such an innocent, kind and cute creature is created by God. This kind of person is also created by God, is innocent, kind and cute just as much as the lamb. On the other hand, you have The Tyger which is also written by William Blake. This poem shows a different type of person in Blake's society. This person is angry, mean and very dangerous. In this specific poem it is asked “What is the hand, dare to grasp the fire?” And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of your heart? It is in this statement that Blake asks what kind of person would create a monster such as a tiger. He wonders if God could have created something as horrible as a tiger when He had created something as innocent as a lamb. This shows the other type of person in society, someone who is also angry, mean and very dangerous like a tiger. Another,...... middle of paper ......ty and that is what Blake describes in this poem. Ultimately, literature has had an effect on society and how it functions or does not function. Like in The Lamb and The Tyger, there are different people in this world and there always will be. Just like there will always be lambs and tigers. The Chimney Sweep shows the sad life of an orphan and how orphans are actually orphaned. It's the same in today's society, with the way child labor laws are used to protect children, so this type of thing doesn't happen again. William Blake's final poem Infant Sorrow shows the way young people of all ages rebel against society, their parents, and even the world itself. This event still occurs daily in today's society and will likely continue to occur. This is how William Blake was able to write amazing poetry and at the same time create a cretic society to the end..