The Garden of Love MCQs and Summary

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: June 10, 2025

Summary:

The Garden of Love is a poem from Songs of Experience (1794) by William Blake, depicting the corruption of innocence by institutionalized religion.
  • The speaker visits the Garden of Love, expecting it to be a place of joy and freedom, but instead finds a chapel built in its place.
  • The chapel has “Thou Shalt Not” written over the door, symbolizing restrictive religious doctrines.
  • Instead of children playing freely, the garden is now filled with graves and priests in black robes, signifying death, repression, and sorrow.
  • The poem criticizes organized religion, suggesting that it destroys natural human joy, love, and freedom.
  • It contrasts the innocence of childhood with the harsh restrictions of adulthood, shaped by religious and societal rules.
Blake uses powerful imagery and contrast to convey how experience corrupts the joys of life, replacing them with rules, restrictions, and suffering.
The Garden of Love
The Garden of Love
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1. : Who wrote The Garden of Love?





2. : In which collection does The Garden of Love appear?





3. : What does the speaker find in the Garden of Love?





4. : What is written on the chapel door?





5. : What does the chapel symbolize in the poem?





6. : What has replaced the flowers and greenery in the Garden of Love?





7. : How are the priests described in the poem?





8. : What is the main theme of The Garden of Love?





9. : Which literary device is used in the phrase “binding with briars my joys and desires”?





10. : What does the poem contrast?





 
Question Answer
Poem Name The Garden of Love
Poet William Blake
Year Published 1794
Collection Songs of Experience
Main Themes Religion vs. Freedom, Loss of Innocence, Repression
Tone Dark, Critical, Melancholic
Symbolism Chapel = Religious Restriction, Graves = Loss of Joy, Priests = Oppression
Structure Three quatrains (four-line stanzas)
Literary Devices Symbolism, Contrast, Metaphor, Imagery

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