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... 3 quatrains, or 4-lined stanzas, has a rhyme scheme of aabb throughout, with a rhythm similar to that of a hymn or nursery rhyme. This rhythm and the fact that the language is very straightforward, creates a lively and easy to read poem. Blake's other 'Holy Thursday' poem, from Songs of Experience, (hereafter HTSE), is written in simple language and is in the form of 4 quatrains/4-lined stanzas. The first has a rhyme scheme of abab, but the remaining 3 stanzas have no rhyme pattern to them. However, as the rhythm is fairly constant, being of iambic metre, it is quite an easy read, having also a good syntax. TOCB follows the wanderings of an old beggar, as he goes where he pleases, a free man, as 'he was seated by the highway side' (L 2) and 'He sate, and eat his food in Solitude;'(L 15). In contrast, the two ...