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What is the Poem He Who Binds to himself a joy By William Blake about ?

April 26, 2017Arts Humanities joy poem poetry william blake

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What is the Poem He Who Binds to himself a joy By William Blake about ?

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He Who Binds to Himself a Joy William Blake He who binds to himself a joy Doth the winged life destroy. He who kisses the joy as it flies, Lives in eternity’s sunrise. The “winged life” is symbolic of a free and unconstrained life, but also alludes to the winged life of Angels, also alluded to in “eternity’s sunrise” Binding oneself to a joy is contrasted with kissing a joy as it flies, in other words taking, and enjoying, but not keeping something pleasuarable is the way to a higher spiritual life .