"The Echoing Green" is a poem by William Blake published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. The poem talks about merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors. Then, an old man happily remembers when he enjoyed playing with his friends during his own childhood.
Summary of The Echoing Green. The poem The Echoing Green by William Blake is written in the appreciation of nature in simple terms. However, if we go deep into it, we will find the theme of life and death in the poem. The poem is told by a young child who is playing in the “Echoing Green” park.
He just wanted a quick way to get out of a situation so he blinds him because he feared for his life and didn't really want to kill he would rather escape.
At the end of paragraph 1, when the author says “First, we must develop many different ways of putting the waste from these nuclear and chemical substances in, on, and around the earth” it helps shape the reader's perception of the text as by starting to go into more details and more ideas on poisoning the Earth.
