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==Poem==
{{Wikisource|The French Revolution|''The French Revolution''}}
The work is an [[anapest]]ic [[Iamb (foot)|iambic]] [[septenary]] poem, a poetic meter unique in Blake's poetry to this poem, that describes the events surrounding the French Revolution. Blake was an early supporter of the American Revolution and believed that it would bring about liberty to the rest of mankind. The French, according to Blake, were stuck in a problematic [[feudal system]] that was represented by the [[Bastille]], a prison that kept
The dates spanned in the first book is from May 1789 until July 1789. Although Blake relies on history, he includes characters that are his own, but none of them are characters that he used in his [[William Blake's prophetic books|mythological works]]. The work deals with the symbolism of the Bastille, which the seven towers of the Bastille representing a character type that was repressed by an oppressive government. As the work progresses, a dispute over governmental systems involves many characters including the representative of the feudal system, called Peer, Duke of Burgundy, and the Archbishop of Paris.<ref name="Damon pp. 145–146"/>
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