Laughing Song
Laughing Song - meaning Summary
Nature and Communal Joy
Blake’s poem celebrates communal, innocent joy by merging human laughter with a laughing natural world. Pastoral images — woods, streams, birds, meadows and children — create a scene of shared play and festivity. The speaker issues a direct invitation to join a simple chorus, suggesting pleasure as communal and spontaneous rather than private. The overall tone is bright, musical and affirming of childhood-like sociability.
Read Complete AnalysesWhen the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it; when the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry scene, When Mary and Susan and Emily With their sweet round mouths sing "Ha, ha he!" When the painted birds laugh in the shade, Where our table with cherries and nuts is spread: Come live, and be merry, and join with me, To sing the sweet chorus of "Ha, ha, he!"
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