William Blake and William Wordsworth

Coursework

1 . London ' was a critical reaction to the French Revolution in England (NEWI . Blake describes London as place of lost innocence , where the church has become hypocritical and prejudiced . Blake was against institutionalized religion and portrayed the result of this institution when he wrote of chimney sweeps and prostitutes in both cases it is the children that suffer . Blake wrote another poem about chimney sweeps "The Chimney Sweeper which further tells of the poor treatment of the poor , where the chimney sweeps were forced to sell their children 's labor for

money during hardship (Desai ,

.1 , 2004 . The focus of this poem is on the treatment of the poor by state and the lives of hardship they led . The phrase "the mind forged manacles " refers to the metaphorical shackles that were forced upon the poor by conditions caused by church and state (Desai , 2004

2 . My heart leaps up when I behold ' a newborn babe whose eyes have yet to truly see

3 . The following scripture was chosen based on Wordsworth 's final two lines of his poem My Heart Leaps Up ' because it discusses genuine piety

And I could wish my days to be

Bounds each to each by natural piety (Wordsworth

Matthew 6 :1-18

Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men to be seen by them . If you do , you will have no reward from your Father in heaven

2So , when you give to the needy , do not announce it with trumpets , as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets , to be honored by men . I tell you the truth , they have received their reward in full . 3But when you give to the needy , do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing , 4so that your giving may be in secret . Then your Father , who sees what is done in secret , will reward you

5 'And when you pray , do not be like the hypocrites , for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men . I tell you the truth , they have received their reward in full . 6But when you pray , go into your room , close the door and pray to your Father , who is unseen . Then your Father , who sees what is done in secret , will reward you . 7And when you pray , do not keep on babbling like pagans , for they think they will be heard because of their many words . 8Do not be like them , for your Father knows what you need before you ask him . 9This , then , is how you should pray

Our Father in heaven

Hallowed by your name

10 Your kingdom come

Your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven

11 Give us this day our daily bread

12 Forgive us our debts

as we also forgive our debtors

13 And lead us not into temptation

But deliver us from evil

14For if you forgive men when they...