The clod and the pabble

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 ðŸŒ·ðŸŒ·ðŸŒ· The Clod and The Pebble🌷🌷🌷
‘‘Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives it ease,
And builds a heaven in hell’s despair.’’

So sang a little clod of clay,
Trodden with the cattle’s feet,
But a pebble of the brook
Warbled out these metres 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.’’🌷🌷🌷

 *"Claude and the Pebble"*

Offers two competing visions of love. The first type of love is based on selflessness, as represented by Claude, while the second is based on selfishness, as represented by Pebble. Claude thinks that love It is sacrifice and generosity in the name of pleasing others, while Pebble argues that the lover is all about getting what he wants—even if it means hurting others. The poem does not explicitly say which perspective is better. That is true, and both have negative sides. On one level, then, the poem suggests that love is a combination of two perspectives—a combination of selflessness and selfishness. The poem can also be read as a kind of warning that love can be a destructive force. is, either by making people too subservient or alternatively, too self-interested.

 Claude believes that love is about altruism and generosity. Love needs nothing else - its only need is fulfilled in the act of giving love. This idea need not be limited to romantic love. In fact, Claude's definition of love is consistent with certain Christian ideals. Claude says that love is its own reward, and people should try to manifest their love by denying their own comfort in the service of the "ease" of others.


 "The Clod and the Pebble" original illustration by William Blake.....
Rhymes scheme 
The poem follows a regular structure of 3 stanzas each with 4 lines. There is a regular abab rhyme scheme which is only broken in the middle stanza, emphasising the switch between the clod and the pebble.
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