Blake's Carpe Diem?
In the poem "London" by William Blake the speaker describes a very unappealing and bleak picture of London in the first three stanzas. He uses words such as woe, fear, weakness, and speaks of the appalling black on the church walls, and the blood of soldiers. He then goes on in the final stanza to explain how a Harlot is jealous of the lives of others, particularly a newborn and a newly married couple. It is this last stanza and the attitude of the Harlot that gives this...
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