Blake's The Clod and the Pebble

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The Clod and the Pebble
- First stanza
  - Spoken by the clod
  - Impressionable easily shaped/ moulded
  - Selfless to an extent of sacrifice
    - 'Love seeketh not Itself to please'
- Second stanza
  - Spoken by the pebble
  - Sacrificing their other half - sadistic
    - 'To bind another to Its delight'
  - Masochist form of love
  - Selfish and sinner
'Love seeketh only Self to please'
- Selfish and sinner
- The capitalised 'self' suggests self indulgence
'Joys in another's loss of ease'
- Masochist form of love
- Sacrificing their other half - sadistic
  - 'To bind another to Its delight'
'Nor hath itself any care'
- Selfless to an extent of sacrifice
  - 'Love seeketh not Itself to please'
A clod of clay can be easily shaped
- The Clod and the Pebble
  - First stanza
    - Spoken by the clod
    - Impressionable easily shaped/ moulded
  - Second stanza
    - Spoken by the pebble

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