Rousseau wrote 'Emile' in 1762 discussing the nature of man and that people should be raised by nature rather than restricted by social order. This would allow creativity and individuality to develop so that people do not just become cogs in the machine of the Industrial Revolution. The document provides instructions for an assignment analyzing William Blake's poems "N's Song", "Echoing Green", and "Garden of Love" by discussing the autobiographical, social, political, literary, and intellectual contexts of each poem and linking them together and to other poems.

6. Hey Queen Butterfield!
Rousseau wrote ‘Emile’ in 1762 in which he about the nature of man. We should be raised
by nature and not restricted by the ‘chains’ of social order. This would enable our creativity
and individuality to develop and would mean that we did not become another cog into the
wheel of the Industrial Revolution.
Links to – N’s Song (both), Echoing Green, Garden of Love,

7. Amount – 21 context
• Autobiographical content
• Social context
• Political context
• Literary context
• Intellectual context
• Use the two videos, your own research and
the notes on OCR (on blog)

8. Amount – 3 per poem
• Autobiographical content
• Social context
• Political context
• Literary context
• Intellectual context
For each – make links to the above and to other
poems.