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The little vagabond by blake annotations

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@ diminutive adjective : vulnerability
1- 1-
establishes his class
he has
,(wanders
no
family
from
so
place
the
to

company
place)
of the
implies


THE LITTLE VAGABOND ale

family
house become
ironically a
surrogate


batard opening affectionate address
for Blakes critical perspective church
punitive
pbrepizeuxis and
- =
,

hard cold
metaphorically a


Dear mother, dear mother, the church is cold,
-




Place


Purohit juxtaposition
g-
But the yP°☐
conventional

ale-house is healthy and pleasant and warm;
Challenging
-




1- consumptions above the alehouse
being immoral and dissolve .
The




Besides I can tell where I am used well, 7g
child
feels happier here than

church


ironic + the child voice

Such usage in Heaven will never do well. sneers
treated
the
here
truth

than
, he is

church
better

.




[☆ recognises that this is not now
things
should be

hhcontext polluted water = lacks
1-
-




generosity + charity

But if at the church they would give us some ale,

literal = warmth




And a pleasant fire our souls to regale,
-

metaphorical : spirit at
comfort that all µ
denies him .
dynamic verbs + internal rhyme .




upbeat rhythm and sense of

We'd sing and we'd pray all the live-long day, delight
alternate
as he imagines an


world Of freedom


Nor ever once wish from the church to stray. 7 Or

child recognises
ironically insightful that
if church

was
loving and provided charity ,
its people would

be closer to God and better


Then the parson might preach, and drink, and sing, Christians .




LP tricolor
And we'd be as happy as birds in the spring;
verb connects church message
with celebration in
simile conveys joy t the
Childs fantasy
importance Of freedom
gm#
.




and its connection to
nature .


And modest Dame Lurch, who is always at church, To

/
lacks kindness internal
, rhyme :

Would not have bandy children, nor fasting, nor birch. restrictiveness



→ Dame Lurch children here
: evil lope figure who
punished so she

a is linked with the
simile contrasts vision of church

punitive church w/ a
TT →
/
✓ " b-
conveys gods de " sht in malnourished +
suffering
benevolent you redemption and

And God, like a father rejoicing to see
alleviating not
eating t
hitting the
suffering children =
reflects harsh t


-gf
cruel
discipline of

His children as pleasant and happy as he,

equally in
gods this
figure
an
+
juxtaposes reality of
the church
care
misery and
sufferings =
utopian world


Would have no more quarrel with the Devil or the barrel,

g
1-B
But kiss him, and give him both drink and apparel. reference
condemned by
to drink

the church .




I
Implies
people drink to
escape
sorrow and
☆ congiemene
subversive suggests that even god + the
devil can be aecondaie and
people
reflective Of peoples basic needs can no
longer be tempted to sin it
for clothing and drink Give charitable area
so
often freedom .




denied to
poor Devil was used by church to inpire
fear and control
thereby people
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