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Topic: Examine how the poem Holy Thursday is an "outspoken protest" against the evil effect of industrialization.
Title: Topic: Examine how the poem Holy Thursday is an "outspoken protest" against the evil effect of industrialization.
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Topic: Examine how the poem Holy Thursday is an "outspoken protest" against the evil effect of industrialization.
William Blake's poem "Holy Thursday- Songs of Innocence" is concerned with the abusive public display of children for their benefactor's glory on Holy Thursday. The poem follows Blake, an observer, as he expresses his mixed emotions towards the occasion and the parties involved. By using techniques such as allusion and by establishing a variety of tones Blake's poem becomes an outspoken protest regarding the misuse and ill-treatment of children resulting from industrialization.
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…showed last 75 words of 589 total…a sense of hesitant thankfulness and declining protest. Through "cherish pity" we see that even this somewhat abusive action is better than nothing and arouses a sense of hope. The further labelling of the benefactors as "angel" further enforces this point.
In conclusion Blake's poem "Holy Thursday- Songs of Innocence", through the usage of techniques such as allusions and by establishing a variety of tones, becomes an outspoken protest against the evil effects of industrialization.
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