Hi Miss, Is it possible that the nurse within this poem is sill a child herself, obviously during Blake's time we see the science and industrial revolution, and the idea that children were exploited and sent to work at an unreasonable age. The short length of the poem depicts the possessiveness or lack of that the nurse has over these children and possibly her childhood. the length of the poem and the almost abrupt ending shows the loss of the child as a poetic voice, as the nurses love and care for the children is lost. Instead she indulges in a bath of envy an jealousy as she oppresses the children in the same way that she is/ was oppresses. The idea that she is a child now looking after these children, could be a physical reminder of what she is missing, and therefore create a deeper meaning and insight to why her "face turn green and pale" enhancing the physical signs of her oppression.
Watched, Thank You! Also I just wanted to ask what type of God did Blake believe in as on cross-ref-it it said that he didn't believe in an external God so would you mind clarifying where he stood?
So Blake was still a Christian and was a very spiritual fellow, HOWEVER he didn't believe in the Old Testament's God - a high and mighty external God who the institution of the Church in his day peddled. Instead, he believed in a God among mankind, something more akin to Jesus. He is famously quoted as saying: 'He (Jesus) is the only god...and so am I and so are you'. Which translates to the idea that there is no external superior figure - we are all capable of holiness
