The Garden of Love - 'And 'Thou salt not' writ over the door'
transforms what was space of joy & freedom to one of restriction & prohibition
institution imposes rigid moral laws that exclude rather than embrace
Urizen promotes idea of exclusion/ enclosure
not opening or welcoming - people not encoruaged
organised religion suppresses human desires & replaces unbound spirituality with rigid doctrine that dictate & constrain human behaviour
The Garden of Love - 'And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,/ And binding with briars my joys and desires'
pastoral/ nurturing figures (like shepherds) becoming intimidating overseers, patrolling like a enforcing passiveness & maintaining control
actively constrained by thorny weeds
tone of resignation - speaker is defeated - does not resist but instead recognises & mourns his oppression allows it to happen - individuals internalise suffering as inevitable
