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  2. "The Garden of Love" is a poem by English Romantic visionary William Blake. Blake was devoutly religious, but he had some major disagreements with the organized religion of his day. The poem expresses this, arguing that religion should be about love, freedom, and joy—not rules and restrictions.

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    The twelve lines of William Blake’s poem ‘The Garden of Love’ belong to the state of Experience that characterizes the present-day world. Experience stands in total contrastto the state of Innocence. The poet revisited the Garden of Love, an open green piece of land where he used to play with boys and girls together. He was dismayed to see there wh...

    In the second stanza, the poet gives a further description of the place of his revisit. The gates of the Chapel were closed. And the closed-door had got written on it ‘Thou Shalt Not.’ So, the visitor (the poet) turned his attention to the place of the Garden of Love where it used to bloom a number of flowers but found them missing. In fact, the ve...

    The lines of the third stanza depict the adverse changes that have enveloped the Garden of Love during the present time. The Garden portrays an aura of total unease and misery. At present, the garden seems to be filled with graves and tombstones which are images of death, and so horrendous and undesirable. Even the priests wrapped in black gowns fo...

  3. Jan 8, 2018 · In summary, Blake’s speaker goes into the Garden of Love and finds a chapel built on the spot where he used to play as a child. The gates of the chapel are shut, and commandments and prohibitions are written over the door. The garden has become a graveyard, its flowers replaced by tombstones.

  4. Jun 17, 2021 · The Garden of Love | Analysis “The Garden of Love” is an allegorical poem in which Blake satirizes the Church and its morality that imposes restrictions on passions of the heart, aiming to control all desires and emotions of man.

  5. Poem analysis of William Blake's The Garden of Love through the review of literary techniques, poem structure, themes, and the proper usage of quotes.

  6. ‘The Garden of Love’ is a poem of erotic frustration that directly challenges the role of organized religion in dictating the expression of human desires. Love is presented allegorically and...

  7. The Garden of Love. Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1794. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF. Access Full Guide.

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