The Garden of Love by William Blake (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Year 'The Garden of Love' was written
Year 'The Garden of Love' was written
1789
Blake's birth and death years
Blake's birth and death years
1757-1827
Definition of Dissenters in Blake's context
Definition of Dissenters in Blake's context
Protestants who separated from Church of England
Structure of 'The Garden of Love'
Structure of 'The Garden of Love'
Three quatrains (12 lines total)
Rhyme scheme of 'The Garden of Love'
Rhyme scheme of 'The Garden of Love'
ABCB
Words written on chapel door
Words written on chapel door
'Thou shalt not'
What priests bind with briars
What priests bind with briars
Speaker's joys and desires
Garden transformation (flowers become...)
Garden transformation (flowers become...)
Graves and tomb-stones
Biblical garden the poem alludes to
Biblical garden the poem alludes to
Garden of Eden
Blake's religious stance
Blake's religious stance
Deeply spiritual but opposed to institutional Christianity