Jerusalem by Blake Throughout the beginning of plates 13-19 the author conveys a vivid picture of Eden, Ulro, and Beulah. He describes the gates of beings that encompassed them. He also personifies these spirits; he personifies them in a nationalistic way – making them represent different nations at their imminent end. He describes Golgonooza as a heaven, a walled-city that is surrounded by death and desolation. Each “nation” that surrounds it made desolate by a different …showed first 75 words of 291 total…

…showed last 75 words of 291 total…other side. Los is also a nation that breeds on groans, tears, and pain. The twelve sons of Albion are jealous of Jerusalem’s children and want it destroyed. The twelve children could be a portrayal to the twelve tribes of Israel that will forsake her [Jerusalem]. However at the close of the assigned reading Los is walking around as if pondering then Jerusalem is found trembling and in tears in the bosom of Vala.