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Poet: William Blake
Poem: The Blossom
Volume: Songs of Innocence
Year: Published/Written in 1789
Comment 1 of 1, added on May 17th, 2006 at 6:47 AM.
At first glance, what a load of rubbish
On the face of it, a sparrow is "merry" whilst his "pretty" pal, the robin is "sobbing" away.
Gosh, how so very exciting...
BUT then suddenlyy my lit teacher throws all its simplicity right out of the window in claiming that the poem's subject is...sex ??
The "arrow" a phallic symbol?
"Near my bosom"
"cradle narrow"
"O the poem is brimming with sexual imagery!"
But I'm afraid my personal conclusion lies far away from the bed.
Perhapssss it is all about accepting both the bad and the good.
The two stanzas are structurally identical with Blake placing equal emphasis on the happiness of the sparrow and the robin's sorrow. What seems to be suggested is that nature has room within it for all manner of feelings and emotions and above all, deserves to find a place "near my bosom", in other words, the human HEART.
I may be wrong but sexual connotations are really getting on my tits. hahaha...welll. back to revision then.
Ami from United Kingdom
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At first glance, what a load of rubbish
On the face of it, a sparrow is "merry" whilst his "pretty" pal, the robin is "sobbing" away.
Gosh, how so very exciting...
BUT then suddenlyy my lit teacher throws all its simplicity right out of the window in claiming that the poem's subject is...sex ??
The "arrow" a phallic symbol?
"Near my bosom"
"cradle narrow"
"O the poem is brimming with sexual imagery!"
But I'm afraid my personal conclusion lies far away from the bed.
Perhapssss it is all about accepting both the bad and the good.
The two stanzas are structurally identical with Blake placing equal emphasis on the happiness of the sparrow and the robin's sorrow. What seems to be suggested is that nature has room within it for all manner of feelings and emotions and above all, deserves to find a place "near my bosom", in other words, the human HEART.
I may be wrong but sexual connotations are really getting on my tits. hahaha...welll. back to revision then.
Ami from United Kingdom