Yessica Astorga Discussion 10 B
The Human Abstract
p. 95 1794
The poem shows a contrast in Humans, this is a response to The Divine Image in Songs of Innocence. Where God and the human are linked together and are essentially said to be one. Here Blake shows the evil or the “realistic” carnal side of humanity, whereas before he was trying to show the “divine” side. The poem picks up on hypocritical humility and the fear of consequence. “He sits down with holy fears/ And water the ground with tears/ Then Humility takes its root/ Underneath his foot” (95). He also mentions the fruit of deceit that grows from the tree dwelling with the Human brain, which can be interpreted as humans being the root of all evil.
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