The first stanza is bright and happy, a picture of what life could be. The slave could be anyone in today's society, the workaholic businessman, and the man working for minimum wage to support his family of three, or the single mother unable to find work whose house was broken into. Blake shows what life could be like for these people.

The second stanza recaps the first in illustrating that without country or problems in society, everyone is shown to be beautiful and "holy" as Blake puts it. His reference to the lion and sheep is the same as the proverbial

The final stanza lets us know how easy it is to forget the bad times when we, ourselves are in times of good fortune. The man who wins the lottery usually does not care about the man whom has no home. Blake says that you maybe happy now that you are having good luck, but it all can become misfortune for you at the drop of a hat. The man that just won the lottery may be involved in an auto accident on the way to collect his check. An example of this is the song Ironic by Alanis Morissette. Blake states in the second to the last line that he will not fall into this trap of being critical of his fellow man.

The reason for his attitude is given in the last line.

The fourth stanza tells about when you are in a time of prosperity and everything is good for you, it is easy to look down your nose at the poor

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Approximate Word count = 544
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)