Alienation in Blakes Songs of Innocence
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In Blakes, "The Little Vagabond", a young man feels "out of place" in his church. In another of Blake's works from The Songs of Experience, "The Schoolboy", a different boy shares these feelings of solitude within the company of his peers in the classroom. The poems link two children through their struggles with acceptance and undesired surroundings. They both have raw, untainted emotions that break down traditional customs by way of and in search for desire. Traditional customs can create misunderstanding amongst people who are learning them.
The desires of the boys are demonstrated through their word choice in narration. "The Schoolboy" uses adjectives with negative and depressing undertones, such as "cruel. .anxious. ...