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With detailed reference to at least two poems, discuss how a poet has used poetry as a powerful instrument for social comment. Living in a world without modern technology and media. (1757 - 1827) used his poetry as a powerful instrument for social comment. This ....

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.... “London” is Blake himself. However he is writing in two opposing states of mind. “Laughing Song” comes from the Songs of Innocence, a collection of celebratory poems, offering a view of the world with the ‘voice of joy’ though perhaps through rose-coloured glasses. Blake is simply enjoying nature, and through this is therefore praising God. In “London” however, the glasses are removed and Blake’s images of a once ‘merry scene’ are lost, replaced by ‘charter’d streets’. Coming from the Songs of Experience, Blake is presenting his perceptions of a changed world, mou ....