, Poem Recurring Key Themes: AO2 I think are MOST memorable:
Message:
Holy Thursday Implicit: The - Corruption Regular structure, rigid AABB rhyme scheme:
(Songs of control of the - Religion - Highlights destructive human nature and the controlling nature of the Church
Innocence) Church - Society - Yet the rhyme scheme deviates suggesting rebellion and hope
threatens the - Humanity
innocence of - Nature Rigidity juxtaposes phonetics (sibilance):
the youth - Control - Emphasising a blissful ignorance and power assertion between the children’s innocence
- Childhood and the Church’s corruption.
Tone: - Innocence - Emphasising irony because they have no freedom
melancholy - Experienc
e Extended metaphor: “Children” and “lambs”:
- Metaphorical of naivety but highlights a futility against the power of the Church
- The “lamb” is an ironic religious allusion to Jesus who sacrificed his life for salvation. Yet,
children’s innocence is sacrificed for the Church’s monetary gain, emphasising their
hypocrisy
Natural Imagery: “flowers, radiance and lambs”:
- Accentuates the children’s innocent nature
- Nature creates a stark contrast to the rigidity of the poem
Holy Thursday Explicit: - Corruption ABAB rhyme scheme becomes irregular:
(Songs of Criticism of the - Religion - This provides a sense of hope that people can break free from the Church, paralleling the
Experience) hypocrisy of - Society French Revolution
the Church - Humanity
- Nature Enjambment:
Tone: Anger, - Control - Highlights the “eternal” suffering of the poor yet the ongoing power and wealth of the
critical - Childhood Church
- Innocence
- Experienc Biblical Allusion, “rich and fruitful land”:
e - Allusion to the “promised land” in the old testament, ironically criticising the hypocrisy and
- Anger values of the Church.
Plosives, “their fields are bleak and bare”:
, - Contradicts prior analysis of the fruitful land (mimicking the Church’s hypocrisy), also
creates explicit dichotomy, paralleling the divide between the upper and lower class
- Plosives create a tone of anger. Contradict euphonic sounds at the start, highlighting the
divide between rich and poor
- “Bleak and bare” explicitly suggests the lack of vegetation (tribute to the extreme poverty),
implicitly suggests the exposure to corruption
The Sick Rose Implicit: A - Relationshi Short lines vs Enjambment:
criticism of ps - Highlights the dichotomy between men and women. The short lines mimic women’s
male - Church inability to speak for themselves whilst the enjambment highlights how male power is long
behaviour - Religion lasting.
within society - Women - Creates power dynamic between men and women
and how the - Society
Church - Sex Gothic Imagery, “night”, “crimson”, “dark”:
reinforces - Control - Highlights the hypocrisy of Victorian norms. A secrecy is encouraged
toxicity within - Humanity - Temptation and lust (values which weren’t considered civilised) were concealed through
marriage. A - Marriage darkness. This mimics the darkness of the Church who excuses the role of male behaviour
tribute to in marriage.
domestic
abuse. Extended metaphor/ Phallic Imagery, “worm”:
- Biblical connotation to the devil, disguised as a worm “the devil lurks unseen” linking to
Tone: theme of secrecy
ambiguous, - Metaphorical of temptation, lust and desire
highlighting
secrecy Extended Metaphor: “Rose”
- Fickle female, beautiful on the outside but the thorns suggest harmfulness (Romantic ideal
that women shouldn’t be touched)
The Tyger Implicit: - Religion AABB rhyme scheme:
Criticises - Nature - Child-like nursery rhyme satirises humans’ inferiority to Godlike creation
Humans’ - Humanity
desire to - Society Repetition of “hand”, accompanied by semantic field of creation:
recreate God’s - Innocence - Linking to Michaelangelo’s The Creation of Adam, criticising the way in which God makes
power, both - Industrialis humans in his image and likeness.
equally m
destructive. A - Violence Natural imagery vs semantic field of industrialism:
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