Critical appreciation of Blake's "Chimney sweeper" poem's second volume 'songs of Experience'....

The second volume entitled as "songs of Experience " .Black's wrath and anger are directed against the God or Christianity ,priest,chirch and the king who are held responsible for making up a hell misery foR the Chimney sweeper crying 'weep' ,'weep','weep' is a notes of woe.His parents are gone up to the church for pray at that time the Chimney sweepers are send by them for work ,'among the winter snow' .The poem is a sarcasm of cold and in different attitude of God and Christianity,the priest,the king to the plight of the poor Chimney sweeper.In this poem Blacks voice is harsh and stingy.

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Background of the poem Wild Swan at Coole

The poem the Wild Swan at Coole appeared in 1919 volume of poems the poem is all about Yeats' two consequent visit to the coole park on his second visit to coole park after 19 years ,Yeats counted the swan in the lake and found them same number of fifty nine is closely related to Yeats' occultism and personal significance the number suggest Yeats' personal love for Maudgonne . The newmarological resultened of the number suggest Yeats' spiritual attitude to the life of the swans . Which are symbolic of immortality,youthful energy and permanence in contrast with the impermanent human life,beauty and facility creative potential of the poet or artist imperishability and so on.

P.B Shelley

P.B Shelley:- Shelley was born in 1792 .In 1810 ,he was expelled from Oxford university for his pamphlet." The Necessity of Atheism" . He died in 1822 in Italy . His notable works are " Ode to the West Wind","To a skylarkS","Prometheus unbound" etc. The main theme of Shelley's poetry is freedom and love which are the solution of the evil world.

Features of Romanticism....

Features of Romanticism:- 1. The Romantic movement was marked by a strong reaction and protest against the bondage of rule and custom. 2. Romanticism is return to nature and plain humanity. 3. It brought again the dream of agoldena age . In which stern reality of life were forgotten and the ideals of youth were established . As the only permanent realities. 4. The Romantic movement was the expression of the individual genius rather than of established rules. Influenced the literature of the revival is as varied as the characters and modes of different writings. 5. The Romantic movement while it followed its own genious was not altogether unguided . Strictly speaking their is no new movement either in history or in literature,is grows out of some good thing . And looks back with reverence to the past masters.

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