William Blake was a second generation philosopher from 1757 to 1827. Blake loved the world of nature and wrote several famous poems. An archetype is one thing that represents something else and Blake uses this in several of his poems, giving them an overall message or theme. Blake uses archetypes to express one thing that represents something else in the the poems he wrote named The Lamb, The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, and Infant Sorrow which expresses archetypes.
William Blake uses archetypes in the poem The Lamb to express the word innocence. In the poem, Blake emphasizes that the story belongs to the Song of Innocence. The writer also makes it clear that lambs are cute and harmless animals. The message of the text is that the lamb doesn’t choose to be born and be innocent but that’s the way the world sees them as. Blake also makes you question what the …show more content…
He uses children to emphasize innocence like the lamb in the poem The Lamb. In the time period that the poem was written, orphans were assigned to clean people’s chimneys because they were small enough to reach into the confined space. This job was hard on the orphans because they would breath in the coal and had the risk of falling from the chimney. This was legal because there were no child laws at that time and that saddened Blake. The child in the story has a dream which gives him hope and makes him happy to keep going. This makes it obvious that even though some people have a bad life, they can still have hope to keep going. In the poem Infant Sorrow, this also expresses the Song of Innocence. It gives detail about pain and people sad. Blake sends a message that shows the family is anticipating the child is going to suffer a lot of pain throughout the child's life. This shows that anticipating can cause issues and should be avoided because it will affect the people around
William Blake uses archetypes in the poem The Lamb to express the word innocence. In the poem, Blake emphasizes that the story belongs to the Song of Innocence. The writer also makes it clear that lambs are cute and harmless animals. The message of the text is that the lamb doesn’t choose to be born and be innocent but that’s the way the world sees them as. Blake also makes you question what the …show more content…
He uses children to emphasize innocence like the lamb in the poem The Lamb. In the time period that the poem was written, orphans were assigned to clean people’s chimneys because they were small enough to reach into the confined space. This job was hard on the orphans because they would breath in the coal and had the risk of falling from the chimney. This was legal because there were no child laws at that time and that saddened Blake. The child in the story has a dream which gives him hope and makes him happy to keep going. This makes it obvious that even though some people have a bad life, they can still have hope to keep going. In the poem Infant Sorrow, this also expresses the Song of Innocence. It gives detail about pain and people sad. Blake sends a message that shows the family is anticipating the child is going to suffer a lot of pain throughout the child's life. This shows that anticipating can cause issues and should be avoided because it will affect the people around