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Essay Archive - Blake's "The Fly"
Blake's "The Fly"
This poem is about life. The question this poem poses is "What is
Life?" In order to find the answer, according to Blake, one must consider
Nature and Thought. The poem itself is filled with emotion and leaves the
reader thinking at the end as to what the poem is about, a true romantic
fragment. Also, this poem was in Blake's "Songs of Experience," therefore,
it was written out of an adult viewpoint.
In order to answer the question posed by the author, one must turn
to nature to find the answer. "Am not I thee? Or art not thou a man like
me?"(p.36) In this quote lies the point and question ....
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