The Shepherd William Blake Analysis

Child’s Emotions Portrayed in “Songs of Innocence and Experience” by William Blake

He saw dreamy visions of angels and saints and spoke to dead. He believed in Archangles, who were fan of his work. He once painted the ghost of a flea, which he claimed to have seen firsthand. William Blake was a madman at least that was popular opinion about him by contemporaries. William Wordsworth also exclaimed “There was no doubt that this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interest me more than sanity”. Was he really insane? Or pious loving soul neglected by the world but appreciated by an elect few. The test of time is over and now he’s one of the greatest poets and artist and a visionary to mass. William Blake

And seeing the child, he sings the song in joyful manner. The child becomes so happy listening the song he asks to pen it down on paper. The way the scene progresses here, it’s quite similar to life of poet himself the way he moves ahead in life from inspiration, the music, to the initial compositions of the poem, the lyrics, and finally the creative act of putting the words on paper. The child had specifically requested shepherd to sing the song of lamb, and the figure of lamb represents Jesus, the innocent, spotless lamb of Christianity. Then when Shepherd writes down in his diary that “all may read the songs with joy”, similarly the poet wants his songs, thoughts to reach a wider audience. Now in contrast to this is the poem “Introduction”, in Songs of Experience, in which again there is, mentioned a lamb, but this time not representing innocence or Jesus. But ultimately the connection remains the same. In this the shepherd is busy in his routine life, taking care of his flock; on other hand the sheep’s are at peace. Similarly, is Jesus who takes care of church and his dear ones. There are divine representations of Shepherd in the poem. “The Echoing Green” is the poem which celebrates spring. The poems starts with showing the children playing at the park filled with joy and energy. The poems starts with showing the children playing at the park filled with joy and energy. That the field is “Echoing” indicates that this scene, like the season of spring itself, has played out before and will play out again in the future. And as it progresses we see “old John” and other elder members, discussing days of their childhood. They’re in spring but they’re remembering their spring times. The flowers have faded, they’re close to ending and