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Blake believed that children were oppressed by adults. How far do his poems confirm this view Blake was a poet who wrote in the Romantic period. He had idealistic views about life, and believed that the traditional country way of life was the best way to live. He despised the industry that was establishing itself in England because it was the opposite of the ideal country lifestyle that Blake idealised. The idea that Blake believed that children were oppressed is an interesting one, because, there are a number of poems which suggest different ideas about this topic. The poems that I will be using to address this issue are 'The Echoing Green,' 'Nurses Song,' from innocence and the 'Nurses Song,' from experience. 'The Echoing green,' is quite a positive poem. The image of the sun rising: 'The sun does rise,' on the first line symbolises new life beginning and immediately establishes...

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