tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post6160666475705257034..comments2024-03-06T21:02:52.061-05:00Comments on Bad Alice: Me, Myself and IBad Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04540577363786819292noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-46088990126334576642010-04-13T07:53:29.907-05:002010-04-13T07:53:29.907-05:00Hi Petty: I think Blake is fairly difficult withou...Hi Petty: I think Blake is fairly difficult without some reference to hand, and I don't have the partner poem from the Songs of Innocence here. What I take from it is that Blake upends the Christian virtues, saying that they only exist because of poverty, oppression, fear and so forth. Christians do nothing but congratulate themselves on their virtues, feeling no obligation to actually alleviate suffering or injustice. The virtues are abstract.Bad Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589572246042881069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15524211.post-87471626572697350952010-04-12T09:12:56.332-05:002010-04-12T09:12:56.332-05:00A very insightful post though I don't know wha...A very insightful post though I don't know what to make of that second (William Blake) poem - I've read it and re-read it and yet still feel that I'm not quite 'getting it'. I shall have to think some more on these words. Thanks for sharing them Alice.Felicity Grace Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17852843882007267665noreply@blogger.com