Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)

Poetry | William Blake

What Do You Know About "Holy Thursday"?

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What do you know about Holy Thursday Holy Thursday is a Christian annual ceremony to commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus Christ On this day poor orphaned children come to the Church to thank God and get a little charity In Holy Thursday from Songs of Experience William Blake - criticizes the way society treats poor children He is especially angry at how rich and powerful people pretend to be kind but actually they ignore the real suffering of the poor Satire of False Charity The poem describes the annual Holy Thursday ceremony On this day the poor orphaned children are taken to church The children sing and thank God In Songs of Innocence this event seems happy and beautiful However in Songs of Experience Blake reveals the truth the charity and meals for Children are just a show Rich people feel proud of their small acts of charity but

they do not do anything to fix poverty itself The children are still suffering every other day of the year Blake mocks the idea that this is a holy event He asks Is this a holy thing to see He makes the reader question whether it is truly good to let children live in poverty and then expect them to be thankful for a little help Satire of a Rich Country Blake also criticizes how England calls itself a rich and fruitful land yet so many children live in hunger He describes their lives as an eternal winter It is eternal winter there This image suggests that even in a rich country like England children never get warmth love or real care To sum up Blake satirizes the hypocrisy of the rich the Church and society He shows that true goodness does not come from giving small charity it comes from making sure no child suffers in the first place nbsp

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from Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)