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Laughing song by blake annotations
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LAUGHING SONG rPastoral word -
nature is bible Jermaiah 3. 3 11
1- anthropomorphosis ed + presented 1-0 echos
+
on
implies
the
this is on edenic natural
as reveling in joy .
When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy
state
vivid adjective : movement +
To beauty
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by, → anthropomorphosis m =
nature is in
harmony
echos the woods =
When the air does laugh with our merry wit →
nature
in
+
harmony
humans
/ collective pronoun : community t
unity
And the green hill laughs with the noise of it,
¥
repitition enhances jovial
atmosphere
synaesthesia -
merging movement and
too anthropomorphism
Ñ colour = sensual
picture
this is
symbolic of
but
longevity When the meadows laugh with lively green
health and peace chosen
its lively jumping
And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene,
her
for repeated jubilant lexis
→
When Mary and Susan and Emily → chooses
idealised
ordinary
pastoral
working
scene .
class names to create
With their sweet round mouths sing 'Ha, Ha, He,' → adds -
direct speech
to the
=
oral effect
enhanced
,
by
onomatopeic
its alliterative
quality /
↳ idealised joy bursting with
laughter
_
his characters through
complimentary adjectives -
neologism
→ anaphoric __ links verse together • metaphor to convey
- = harmony 1- vibrant colours -
- created by a higher power
When the painted birds laugh in the shade
Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread - collective
human
pronouns community
behaviour mirrors that of the
animals
Come live, and be merry, and join with me,
To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha, Ha, He.' inviting reader into
scene
echos previous verse is
_
song synthetic list =
magnified by additional voices _
upbeat
rhythm
expression of freedom
sibilance =
lyrical
quality
:
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