THE ANALYSIS OF FIVE WILLIAM BLAKE'S POEMS

Abstract

The writer analysis five poems by William Blake. The poems are as follows: "Ah sunflower", "The Sick Rose", "A Poison Tree", The Lamb ", and" London. The purpose of this study is to show some results of the study which is limited to diction,figure of speech,and theme. For advance analysis, the writer uses a qualitative approach as a research metodology. While for analysing the three things, the writer uses a descriptive approach that reveals the themes of the five poems. From five of the poems, the writer finds most of dictions are connotation meanings and most of figure of speeches are figurative meanings. Furthermore,the theme of "Ah sun flower" is about death but is not the bad side of death, and the theme of "The Sick Rose" is about a girl who was seriously ill of an illness, then The theme of "A poison Tree"is about the bad side of human nature: anger and desire to win over his enemies.,while the theme of "The Lamb" is about religion, namely; the greatness of God, His creations, and His tenderness,and the last one is theme of "London" that is about the London's citizens who experienced injustice from the government throughout Blake's life.