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Poet: William Blake
Poem: I Heard an Angel
Comment 1 of 1, added on November 28th, 2005 at 10:04 AM.
It seems to anticipate the coming problem of class struggle, the problem posed by Christian Idealism and Social Utopianism. Doesn't the Devil's comment ring true? Is it something for Heaven to frown upon, and rain upon for one to suggest a little equity for the poor? If misery is increased by Pity et al, isn't this angel the spirit of sanctimony without action? Yet haven't our utopian plans been social disasters? What does Blake want? Probably to cast the social problem of need as a battle between complex spiritual forces. Are these forces more complex than we or even the poet can understand?
Dan from United States
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It seems to anticipate the coming problem of class struggle, the problem posed by Christian Idealism and Social Utopianism. Doesn't the Devil's comment ring true? Is it something for Heaven to frown upon, and rain upon for one to suggest a little equity for the poor? If misery is increased by Pity et al, isn't this angel the spirit of sanctimony without action? Yet haven't our utopian plans been social disasters? What does Blake want? Probably to cast the social problem of need as a battle between complex spiritual forces. Are these forces more complex than we or even the poet can understand?
Dan from United States