The Angel
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
The Angel is a lyric poem by the visionary Romantic poet William Blake, published as part of his celebrated collection Songs of Experience in 1794. Written in Blake's characteristically symbolic and deceptively simple style, the poem presents a speaker who recounts a dream of an angel, only to find that by the time she is ready to embrace love, both youth and the angel have passed her by. With quiet but devastating irony, Blake illustrates the destructive consequences of repressed emotion and the way in which fear and false virtue rob individuals of genuine joy and connection. The poem stands as a sharp critique of the moral and emotional constraints imposed by society and religion, themes that run throughout Songs of Experience as a counterpoint to the innocence portrayed in its companion volume. Blake's compressed, musical verse carries a melancholic weight that lingers long after the final stanza, cementing his reputation as one of literature's most penetrating moral visionaries.
Author: William Blake
Format: Hardback
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
The Angel is a lyric poem by the visionary Romantic poet William Blake, published as part of his celebrated collection Songs of Experience in 1794. Written in Blake's characteristically symbolic and deceptively simple style, the poem presents a speaker who recounts a dream of an angel, only to find that by the time she is ready to embrace love, both youth and the angel have passed her by. With quiet but devastating irony, Blake illustrates the destructive consequences of repressed emotion and the way in which fear and false virtue rob individuals of genuine joy and connection. The poem stands as a sharp critique of the moral and emotional constraints imposed by society and religion, themes that run throughout Songs of Experience as a counterpoint to the innocence portrayed in its companion volume. Blake's compressed, musical verse carries a melancholic weight that lingers long after the final stanza, cementing his reputation as one of literature's most penetrating moral visionaries.