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The Garden of Love William Blake

Pre –reading Questions 1. Name all the things that are associated with gardens. How does one feel in a garden? 2. Name all the things associated with love. 3. What do you think of when you hear the word “chapel”. 4. What are the connotations of the word “green”? 5.What are the connotations/implications of the words “graves, tomb- stones, black gowns and binding”? 6. Comment on the language, is it simple or complicated? 7. Read the poem. What do you think this poem is about?

William Blake Born in 1757 in London, England A misunderstood poet, artist and visionary throughout much of his life, Blake found admirers late in life and has been vastly influential since his death in 1827. His poetry is amongst the most lyrical and prophetic in the English tradition. Blake was a non-conformist and a radical who was concerned with many of the social injustices of the day, as well as being profoundly spiritual. Both aspects are reflected in his works. He died in poverty in 1827, and his genius was only truly recognised after his death.

-Is this a literal or figurative garden? -What are gardens associated with? -What do we think of when we see it is a garden of love? -Why the capital letters? Stanza 1 I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A Chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. Chapel= small church Reference to Christianity.

Any biblical garden jumping to mind? Garden of Eden. What is the story of the Garden of Eden?

Stanza 2 And the gates of this Chapel were shut, And Thou shalt not. writ over the door; So I turn'd to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore.

Stanza 3 And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.

So what is this poem about. A man is disillusioned about Christianity. WHY? The church in those days became very corrupt. It was filled with harsh rules and regulations, no joy and LOVE. It was hell and brimstone preaching, lots of fear in people. Church did not take care of the poor like it was meant to . Big focus on the doctrine of suffering. Missed the heart of God, a loving heart who sees himself in his creation, who celebrates them and desires relationship. The teachings of the bible were not accessible to the common man (who was probably illiterate and thus had to trust the preacher)

Poetic / language devices

Blake makes use of punctuation to add emphasis to his content: ‘Garden of Love’ (lines 1 and 7) is capitalised as the proper noun to name a special place, one that had a specific name. The word ‘Chapel’ (lines 3 and 5) is also capitalised, which given that ‘chapel’ means a ‘small church’, seems to underline the importance of its position to the speaker. This is echoed by the capital letter for ‘Priests’ (line 11), as if these members of the church loom large in this place. The capital letter and full stop are used to highlight the sign ‘Thou shalt not’ (line 6), making the command forbidding and hostile.

The poem’s diction is simple and straightforward, capturing the natural expression of the speaker’s experience. The use of innuendo is apparent as the speaker does not express his anger, disappointment or outrage explicitly, but implies it in the phrase ‘where flowers should be’ (line 10) and ‘binding with briars’ his ‘joys & desires’ (line 12).

The reference to the ‘Priests in black gowns’ (line 11) who are ‘walking their rounds’ (line 11) is not a positive image. A perfectly acceptable situation where priest are perhaps saying prayers in the chapel grounds is given rather sinister overtones. The ‘black gowns’ seem somewhat threatening, while the action of the priests suggests they are like guards or sentinels to keep out ‘undesirables’.

The use of tense in ‘never had seen’ (line 2) and the garden that ‘bore’ (line 8) flowers in the past suggests the passage of time. In a figurative interpretation, it could be implying that this experience amounts to a sudden realisation of what has been in front of the speaker for some time, but he was unable to ‘see’ the reality clearly before.

Sound devices   The rhythm in the poem is mostly regular, due to the steady meter and rhyming. However, the change in rhyme, pace and rhyme structures of the final two lines draws the reader’s attention. Perhaps the speaker suggests that his world is now out of balance with his realisation, and this new reality requires a different form of expression.