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The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake (text and explanation)

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  The Clod and the Pebble By William Blake   'Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a heaven in hell's despair.' So sung a little clod of clay, Trodden with the cattle's feet; But a pebble of the brook Warbled out these meters meet: 'Love seeketh only Self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a hell in heaven's despite.' The poem was first published in William Blake’s collection of poems “Songs of Experience” in 1794. The poem contrasts two opposing views on love, represented by a soft clod of clay and a hard pebble. The clod represents the more optimistic and perhaps a naive perspective, which views love as a kind of radical selflessness and the willingness to sacrifice. On the other hand, the pebble declares love as pure selfishness. However, the poet does not validate any of the two view points and leaves it to th
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Anatomy of Language

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Anatomy Of Language In order to understand the anatomy of language, it is imperative to know the nature of language, how is it constituted? what different kinds of rules in language have to be recognized? and how a language such as English may be broken down into various levels of organization, and how these levels combine together. There are as many ways in which such an account could be given as there are different theories of how language works. The following sketch is a composite one, which aims to be non-controversial. One thing on which there seems to be little disagreement nowadays is that the traditional method of breaking language down into two components, form and meaning, is inadequate. Instead, a roughly tripartite model is usually preferred: Realization Form Semantics Phonology Grammar  and Lexicon (Denotative or Cognitive) Meaning Graphology This diagram may perhaps be best understood by
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