Notice how he uses "chimney sweepers" to refer to child labor, "palace walls" to refer to the monarchy and "charter'd" streets and rivers to refer to the power of chartered banks and investment firms over the common people. He conveys his message without directly pointing any fingers. You may select any other font which displays the checkmark symbol, but with Wingdings 2, you will get a neat appearance symbol, which can be easily. In " London," Blake offers a morose glimpse into London life during his time. To add a checkmark at any place in the document, rest your cursor and click on Insert -> Symbol -> More Symbols. It just so happens that two of his finest examples of symbolism come from rather dreary pieces. Here are your waters and your watering place.ĭrink and be whole again beyond confusion."įortunately, not all of Blake's poems were bleak. (I stole the goblet from the children's playhouse.) So can't get saved, as Saint Mark says they mustn't. Under a spell so the wrong ones can't find it, Will leave their tatters hung on barb and thorn.) (We know the valley streams that when aroused This was no playhouse but a house in earnest.Ĭold as a spring as yet so near its source, Then for the house that is no more a house, Weep for what little things could make them glad. The playthings in the playhouse of the children. "First there's the children's house of make-believe, This symbolizes his rejection of faith, which is rather apparent by his scorching comparisons to a house of make-believe. Later in the poem, the narrator tells us he stole the goblet from the children's house. It's a rather harsh symbol, too, when you consider he's comparing believers to children in a house of make-believe. The house of make-believe is a symbol of religion. In this poem, Robert Frost is discussing Christianity.