William Blake Poetry Themes

The use of children is a prominent theme in William Blake's poems. He sees the world through the eyes of a child and embraces the innocence of the young. He illustrates this style in poems such as "the lamb", "the little black boy", and "the chimney sweeper". <Tab/>The lamb really illustrates the innocence and purity of a young child. The boy questions the lamb as to where it came from …showed first 75 words of 963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 963 total…and society for letting this happen to him. In this case Blake is still seeing the world through the eyes of a child, but in a more mature and experienced point of view. <Tab/>To conclude, Blake's poems contain images of children and depict children as innocent and naïve. Blake definitely sees the world through the eyes of a child an this is shown throughout his poetry.