WILLIAM BLAKE'S HOLY THURSDAY

Why and how does Blake create a distinction between innocence and experience in Holy Thursday?

What kind of political and social beliefs have a strong bearing on Blake's poems?

Blake belonged to a group of English radicals: how does his work reflect this radicalism?

William Blake's entire work revolves around social and political conditions of his times. He was one of those romantics who did not follow in the footsteps of people like Wordsworth but instead received inspiration from harsh realities of life. Instead of focusing only on the good and the positive as Wordsworth did, Blake was more interested in exposing the cruelties that were hidden behind what apparently looked good on the surface. Blake used his work not only to explore nature or soul as most other Romantic poets did, but tried to utilize his talent to comment on the political and social weaknesses...
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