Question

Read the following poem and try to explain its impact based on the connotations of the words the poet used. What is the poet comparing? What effect does this create? How do the connotations of heaven, infinity, and eternity affect the meaning of the poem?

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
--William Blake

Answer 1

As seen in the poem, the connotations of the words used are heaven, infinity and eternity. These connotations create a sense of happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment or pleasure. These connotations affect the meaning of the poem because it transmits the sense of feeling or experiencing happiness in a particular moment.