And that I was a maiden Queen,

Witless woe was ne'er beguil'd!

And I wept both night and day

And he wip'd my tears away,

And I wept both day and night

And hid from him my heart's delight.

So he took his wings and fled:

10 Then the morn blush'd rosy red:

I dried my tears & arm'd my fears

With ten thousand shields and spears.

I was arm'd, he came in vain:

For the time of youth was fled

And grey hairs were on my head.

The Angel by William Blake, a poem from his collection Songs of Experience. This essay looks at Blake's poem from several different critical perspectives; through the eyes of the actual reader, a structuralist, and a deconstructionist. The reader gives insight into the poems structure, as well as its meanings. A structuralist on the other hand sees a poem as a product of society and searches for different concepts that seem to underlie the poem. Whereas the de

"For the time of youth was fled" (L 15)

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Approximate Word count = 1255
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)