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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THERE IS NO NATURAL RELIGION (A), by WILLIAM BLAKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Man has no notion of moral fitness but from education Last Line: Organs of sense, must be limited to objects of sense. Subject(s): Bible; Mythology | |||
The Argument Man has no notion of moral fitness but from Education. Naturally he is only a natural organ subject to Sense. I Man cannot naturally Percieve, but through his natural or bodily organs II Man by his reasoning power. can only compare & judge of what he has already perciev'd. III From a perception of only 3 senses or 3 elements none could deduce a fourth or fifth IV None could have other than natural or organic thoughts if he had none but organic perceptions V Mans desires are limited by his perceptions. none can desire what he has not perciev'd VI The desires & perceptions of man untaught by any thing but organs of sense, must be limited to objects of sense. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDTIME READING FOR THE UNBORN CHILD by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 7 by CONRAD AIKEN VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON NOTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT by LUCILLE CLIFTON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AN OFFERING FOR TARA by GARY SNYDER A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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