Compare and Contrast Blake’s use of style in the poems ‘The Tyger’, ‘London’ and ‘The Sick Rose’. Describe how these poems reflect his attitude towards eighteenth century Britain.

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Compare and Contrast Blake's use of style in the poems 'The Tyger', 'London' and 'The Sick Rose'. Describe how these poems reflect his attitude towards eighteenth century Britain.

William Blake was brought up by a rebellious family. His family disagreed with the ways of the church. This led him to believe certain things about the Church of England. He was convinced that the church was corrupt with the ways they controlled people's thoughts. Always preying instead of sorting out the problems in society. Blake didn't agree with any sort of authority and ways which people were given rules and orders to follow. Blake's views were that the church had a lot to do with evil and death they pretended to care about helping others, and their prayers were just an excuse for seeing to the much needed attention of society. Although Blake had much disliking for the church it didn't stop him from reading the Bible.

Blake also hated the ways in which society was run. He saw how the young were exploited by society. Young children were forced in to work to do jobs like chimney sweeps. The young women had to become prostitutes in order to make a living. The young men would have to join the army and fight. Blake was writing his poetry in the time of the Industrial Revolution. He saw the Industrial Revolution as a set of rules, which stopped people thinking and chained them to a routine. Blake hated anything conventional. He did not like the way the new factories were being pushed into people's lives. This way of working was repetitive this led to limited imaginations.

In this essay I will examine the three poems by William Blake, taken from his anthology 'Songs of Innocence and Experience.' I will be looking at 'The Tyger', 'London' and 'The Sick Rose'. Similarities and differences will be used to compare and explore the terms and views, which Blake gives in his poems. I will be concentrating on images of darkness, innocence and restriction. I shall also look at Blake's style and stricture of his poems, which includes his use of rhythm.
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The three poems are alike in the way, which Blake represents his poems connected to the night. The 'Tyger' is represented by wandering through the 'forests of the night'. The 'worm' 'flies through the night in the howling storm'. The 'harlot' also carries out her amour by night in the 'midnight streets'. By this Blake appears to be hinting that the night hides certain harmful powers, which aren't sometimes indisputable in public.

The night portrays darkness and Blake utilises different images to identify the colour black to disclose his jaundiced disposition towards eighteenth century society. In 'London', ...

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