Essay Archive - Element of God In Poetry
Element of God In Poetry
Every poem has an element of God in it's words. Just as God spoke through
the writings of Peter or Matthew, elements of His word are in the beautiful
themes in poetry. In this essay, I will compare the poems of William Blake
and William Wordsworth with the written Word of God, in five poems: The
Lamb, The Chimney Sweeper, The Tyger, My Heart Leaps Up, and London 1802.
My aim is to show that the writings of great poets are truly the words of
God. Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? These begin
the words of William Blake's The Lamb. Just as God asks us, Blake questions
our u....
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