Blake's "The Clod & the Pebble" - Innocence Vs Experience.
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"Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair."
So sang a little Clod of Clay,
Trodden with the cattle's feet:
But a Pebble of the brook
Warbled out these metres meet:
"Love seeketh only Self to please,
To bind another to its delight;
Joys in another's loss of ease,
And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite."
William Blake (1757…
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…noting that the final lines are given to the selfish, though experienced, Pebble, thus probably giving the message that its perspective is the most insightful and mature of the two. Perhaps, after all, it is left to the reader to decide which viewpoint represents him, always according to his age, experiences in life and personality. WORKS CITED Blake William, "The Clod & the Pebble" (1794) BIBLIOGRAPHY The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Seventh Edition, Volume 2
…noting that the final lines are given to the selfish, though experienced, Pebble, thus probably giving the message that its perspective is the most insightful and mature of the two. Perhaps, after all, it is left to the reader to decide which viewpoint represents him, always according to his age, experiences in life and personality. WORKS CITED Blake William, "The Clod & the Pebble" (1794) BIBLIOGRAPHY The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Seventh Edition, Volume 2
