The Divine Image: ASSEB (AHSEC) Class 11 Alternative English notes

 When do people pray to Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love? 

People pray to Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love when they are in distress. 

What do the people return to the “virtues of delight”? 

People return Thankfulness to the “virtues of delight”. 

Who is God for us? 

Our father is God for us. 

Which of the virtues has a human face? 

Pity has a human face. 

Who is seen as God’s child and care? 

Man is seen as God’s child and care. 

What do people do in distress? 

At the times of distress, people pray to the virtues of Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love. What does the term ‘virtues of delight' refer to? 

The term “virtues of delight” refers to the abstract qualities of Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love. Name the different human forms represented by “virtues of delight”? 

The “virtues of delight” represent different human forms such as Mercy represents the human heart,  Pity represents the human face, Peace embodies the human body and Love shows the “human dress”  etc.

What kind of man prays to the “human form divine”? 

Every men irrespective of class, creed, religion etc. prays to the “human form divine”. Where does God dwell? 

God dwells in the human form. 

What human form must all men love? 

All men, irrespective of differences, must love the divine human form. Because the poet says, it is within  the human form that God dwells and thus the human form becomes “divine”. 

How do the qualities of Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love embody both God and Man? 

The poet in the poem, ‘The Divine Image’ says that the virtues such as Mercy, Pity Peace and Love  represent God. He further says that God dwells within the human form and thus these values, by  extension, also embody Man.

What is the significance of the expression “In heathen, Turk or Jew”? 

The expression “In heathen, Turk or Jew” basically gives the idea that though we belong to different  religion or culture, race, but we are all human beings and God dwells within each and everyone of us and  thus we should forget these differences and pray unitedly to the human form which is considered as  “divine” because of the existence of God within us 

Bring out the central idea of the poem “The Divine Image” by William Blake. 

To underline the divine quality of human beings through the glorification of the values of the “virtues of  delight” such as Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love is the central idea of the poem “The Divine Image”. The poet  William Blake says that we as humans pray to these virtues during our times of distress. The poet  continues to say that these qualities are represented by God “our Father dear” and these values are also  to be found in Man who is God’s “child and care”. Thus, to establish the presence of God within Man and  to embrace the virtues of Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love which define both God and Man is the central idea  of the poem

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