The School Boy by William Blake - A Poetic Reflection on Childhood and Education
The School Boy by William Blake captures the essence of a child who resists the constraints of formal education, finding joy in nature instead. Through vivid imagery and poignant verses, the poet portrays the consequences of stifling a child's natural inclinations and questions how true joy can exist if innocence is suppressed. This introspective poem delves into themes of youth, freedom, and the impact of societal norms on individual expression.
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WELCOME WELCOME
The School Boy WRITTEN BY WILIAM BLAKE
About The Poet William Blake Born-28 November 1757 at 28 Broad Street (now Broadwick St.) in Soho, London. English poet, painter, and printmaker. Proponent of Romantic Age Died- 12 August 1827
Major works Songs of Innocence and of Experience Songs of Experience The Book Of Thel The Marriage Of Heaven and Hell Visions of The Daughters Of Albion Continental Prophecy The First Book Of Urizen The Book of Los Milton
The cottage in Felpham where Blake lived from 1800 until 1803.
THE SCHOOL BOY I love to rise in a summer morn, When the birds sing on every tree; The distant huntsman winds his horn, And the skylark sings with me: O what sweet company! But to go to school in a summer morn,- O it drives all joy way! Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the day In sighing and dismay. Ah then at times I drooping sit, And spend many an anxious hour; Nor in my book can I take delight, Nor sit in learning's bower, Worn through with dreary shower.
How can the bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing? How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, And forget his youthful spring! O father and mother if buds are nipped, And blossoms blown away; And if the tender plants are stripped Of their joy in the springing day, By sorrow and care's dismay,- How shall the summer arise in joy, Or the summer fruits appear? Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy, Or bless the mellowing year, When the blasts of winter appear?
Major Themes Poet presents the boy who does not like to go to school because it drives all the beauty of nature away. Poem tries to convey the massage that preventing the joy of a child is like nipping the buds before it blooms. Poet concludes with a question that how athe summer will be joyful if the blast of winter appears?
The Boy The poet uses the school boy as a better medium for conveying his worship towards nature.
A child inside in a bored class room is like a caged bird Poet says that just like birds which are not supposed to be sit in a cage but to fly in sky and sing songs of joy, children are not supposed to sit inside the class before a cruel master but to enjoy their life at the most.
New Words Sky lark Bower
Poetic Devices metaphor- poet uses metaphor for comparing the school boy who was deprived of his joy to a caged bird that is restricted to fly in the sky.
Its Your Turn.! -Think about your class room. -How do you feel inside your class room? -write a short note on your experience.
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