"Holy Thursday" has three stanzas, each consisting of two rhyming couplets. The singsong quality of the AABB rhyme, usually a sign of innocence in these poems, belies the thinly veiled subtext of the poem regarding the exploitation of the innocent by those who are, ultimately, their moral and spiritual inferiors.

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- Compare and Contrast William Blake's The Chimney-Sweeper, Holy Thursday (Innocence) and London I am going to compare and contrast three of William Blake poems, where he shows his feelings about the way people treat children: The Chimney-Sweeper, Holy Thursday (Innocence) and London. The Chimney-Sweeper is about a child who sweeps chimneys.

Holy Thursday is a poem by William Blake, from his book of poems Songs of Innocence. (There is also a Holy Thursday poem in Songs of Experience, which contrasts with this song.). The poem depicts a ceremony held on Ascension Day, which in England was then called Holy Thursday, a name now generally applied to what is also called Maundy Thursday: Six thousand orphans of London's charity.

Holy Thursday (I) - Imagery, symbolism and themes Imagery and symbolism. flowers - This comparison emphasizes the children's beauty and fragility. They are London's fairest product. Children - at one level, the child is an image of innocence and gentleness. It continues with the suggestions of simplicity and lack of sophistication.

The nature of innocence. Holy Thursday can be read as demonstrating the limitations of innocence. The speaker’s naivety allows hypocrisy and self–centredness to flourish. The innocence of the children is also open to abuse and exploitation.

'Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, Poet, painter, engraver, and visionary William Blake worked to bring about a change both in the social order and in the minds of men.

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The “Holy Thursday” of Innocence was open to two contrasting readings. This version is blunt and may only be read as a harsh critique of the religious hypocrisy inherent in the institutions of Blake’s day. The "eternal winter" in which the children live suggests that poverty is a state of death in nature, and that the true order of things.