Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).
To Mercy Pity Peace and Love, All pray in their distress: And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy Pity Peace and Love, Is God, our father dear, And Mercy Pity Peace and Love, Is Man his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart Pity, a human face: And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress. Then every man of every clime, That prays in his distress, Prays to the human form divine Love Mercy Pity Peace. And all must love the human form, In heathen, turk or jew. Where Mercy, Love & Pity dwell, There God is dwelling too.
The Divine Image by William Blake
Answer : The theme of the poem is that how the human mind sees the nature and its Creator. Here, the speaker can only see human beings in the light of his/her own partial vision of God. God in man’s image is also a related theme of the poem.
