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So, I'm in high school, and I'm taking a class called Survey of Literature.
Our first semester is British lit, and right now we're studying William Blake. I think I'm the only Card reader in the room, so I'm probably the only one who knows about Taleswapper.
I keep imagining him wandering around frontier America, and then I have to remember that he's British and actually lived in England.
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LOL! I should. But my class is easily derailed (thus is the downfall of the scholar in a room full of less-learned folk) and I think it would be ill-adivsed of me to mess up everyone else's learning.
Ooh, now you've tempted me...maybe I can write a paper about it or something? Eh, no...I'm busy enough as it is.
And it is quite funny that you misunderstood my first line!
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And, by the way, has anyone else read any Blake?
I had to do a short oral response to "The Little Boy Lost" from the Songs of Innocence. It was pretty cool.
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I've read The Songs of Innocence. It is pretty cool. That's all, though. I should read more Blake.
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I keep imagining him wandering around frontier America, and then I have to remember that he's British and actually lived in England.
I think he did spend some time in the U.S. I did a miserable research paper on him in 10th grade, and I remember something vague about frontier America being the inspiration for one of his books.
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I absolutely adore William Blake, but I had a hard time imagining him as Taleswapper. Blake is so completely emersed in England in my mind that I could hardly imagine what he would have been OUTSIDE. The songs of innocence are good, but much better if you clip out the pairs that go along with the songs of experience. Espescially the one about the chimney sweep, and the one about Holy Thursday. However, my favorite writing by Blake (I have a whole book of his poems) is "The Tiger", though "Little Black Boy" comes in a close second.
Actually, since my brother was practicing his poetry tonight, and I'm "babysitting" while my parents are in Atlanta, I told him to try to interpret "The Tiger". He's 11, I"m interested to see what he comes up with.
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Psh, Avatar300. Of course there are. Like any age group, there are those within it who buck the standars. High school students are no different. Should the behaviour of a select and high-profile few determine the reputation of all 14-18 year olds? No, I say! No! Why, some high schoolers have attention spans of days! Have you ever seen one during the weeked before a term paper? It's astounding, really, how long some teenagers can cleave to one single
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