A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all heaven in a rage.
1. This stanza can be interpreted as a man attempting to enslave nature for its own amusement.The cage can be seen as a sign of slavery, the one that oppresses the poor and doesn't allow them to have their own freedom. In Blake's poem, God created man with freedom and a robin redbreast in a cage is a sign of those freedom being taken away which makes the Creator in this poem very angry.
2. Blake uses Symbol in this stanza by symbolizing a robin redbreast in a cage like a man whose freedom is taken away. In this stanza, Blake uses the word "heaven" which symbolizes the Creator who is very mad in this poem.
Good work, Zyramae!
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