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LEARN MISSIONliterary movements and historical context

literary movements and historical context

WORKED MODELWORKED SOURCE

Industry in a lyric field

Public-domain text, William Blake: "And did the Countenance Divine, / Shine forth upon our clouded hills? / And was Jerusalem builded here, / Among these dark Satanic Mills?"

  1. The pastoral and industrial images collide.
  2. The questions are rhetorical, not requests for directions.
  3. Industrial-era context sharpens the contrast.

How does context illuminate the passage?

MODELContext Constellation
LIT
PROVEChoose with evidence
CLUE

Pause. Find what matters. Then make your move.