Talk:Auguries of Innocence

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The Mid-90's Movie 'Dead Man'[edit]

This poem is of central importance to the film. It deserves a mention.

The poem deserves mention in the article about the film. I doubt that a rather forgettable and minor film deserves mention in the article about the far more significant poem. That is, unless it were one of many 'popular references' listed. --Daniel (talk) 15:15, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Location of the poem on the net[edit]

here's a link to the actual poem if you want to add it in? Auguries-of-Innocence-William-Blake

best wishes Mary Veryscarymary (talk) 11:56, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Omission?[edit]

It seems that two lines were left out:

The babe is more than swaddling bands;

Throughout all these human lands

Tools were made, and born were hands,

Every farmer understands.

Can someone verify, and add these if appropriate?

CRGreathouse (t | c) 19:17, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Article almost entirely WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH[edit]

We came to this article in search of sources for a scholarly interpretation of this Blake work. Instead, we found that it is, in its entirety, a "just trust us" Wikipedia piece.

Of more than a dozen factual statements appearing, essentially all lack reliable, scholarly citations, and thus are WP:OR (citation of IMDB notwithstanding). Prior editors, in largest part, per the worst of editorial practice, have a "fact" they wish to share, and place it in the article, and ask us to trust their research, absent published source.

The poem itself is not sourced; the reader must trust that it is accurate to the author's intended final text, or some published text—about which, if the reader knew enough to come here, the earlier Talk sections would raise doubts even about this core matter.

In short, this is clearly not encyclopedic content, even if only judged by the standards of Wikipedia's own policies. 2601:246:CA80:3CB5:7DA5:8DEC:79B4:392A (talk) 18:43, 7 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Date[edit]

Can anyone explain the assumption that it dates from 1803? I would like to tie in the couplet about Caesar's crown with Napoleon's coronation the following year with a gold copy of the crown. Seadowns (talk) 18:00, 30 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]