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Jessica Rape English Literature Infant Sorrow a) What kind of "sorrow" does the infant feel and why? b) How do language and form communicate the emotions expressed in this poem? c) Write about the use Blake makes of children's voices in at least two other poems. a) What kind of "sorrow" does the infant feel and why? The "Infant Sorrow" is a short, two stanza poem featuring a young baby who is in fear that his mother and father do not love or want him. The young baby first feels sorrow when, "My mother groaned", here the baby is feeling like his mother does not want him although she could me "groaning" about a number of things. The mother could already have a lot of children and not want to bring another up into the world or she may not have enough money, the "groaning" could also however be due to the pain of child birth....

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