THE ROMANTIC MOMENTS

The Romantic Moments



The Romantic Moments

Introduction

God has created man. In this world, God has created sun, moon, shy, rivers, flowers, men. Out of all his creations children can be regarded as the most beautiful and the sweetest creatures.

“Whenever we think of children, the first thing that comes to our mind is innocence and naivety”

These are the words of Marilyn French and these words truly represent the nature of the children and children's world. There is no doubt in the fact that children are innocent. This fact has been the topic of many writers and poets. The aim and objective of this paper is to talk about one such work of a poet. This paper discusses the portrayal of child's innocence in Nurse's song by William Blake which is the part of songs of innocence and of experience.

Discussion

The poem Nurse's Song (innocence) in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, explores the universal journey of the innocence of children. This essay is a critical interpretation of the speaker's intentions and looks thoroughly at the overall meaning and interprets the imaginaries and resemblance actively used in the poem.

To begin with, the poetic structure of the play is written as a ballad, in which the writer makes an attempt to create a nursery rhyme effect throughout for example;

“When the voices of children are heard on the green

And laughing is heard on the hill,

My heart is at rest within my breast

And everything else is still (l1.4)”

This strategy of using rhymes and ballads is effective; as this allows the reader to gauge the overall mood of happiness that is prevalent throughout. A reader can observe the theme of happiness due to these ballads and nursery rhymes because these rhymes are often associated with the happy children who sing these rhymes ...