Tone Of The Angel By William Blake

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In the poem” The Angel” William Blake, the author is trying to explain his poem in differents tones, he’s is confused.
At first glance at the title one would assume this might be a religious poem, However, like most poetry, one should never assume a literal meaning, The style of the poem is what mostly struck my attention, The poem lines are short and direct without any intended tone. I found the most emotion in at the beginning and middle of the poem. The use of the exclamation used in the beginning heightened the speaker’s tone. Blake is attempting to gain the audience’s attention in the first line similar to how a poet would in a sonnet. In addition there is a shift in the poem around line 9 similar to the a shift in an Spenserian sonnet.

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