what does this poem mean?

Question

A Robin Redbreast in a Cage
Puts all Heaven in a Rage.
A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeons
Shudders Hell thro’ all its regions.
A Dog starv’d at his Master’s Gate
Predicts the ruin of the State.
A Horse misus’d upon the Road
Calls to Heaven for Human blood.
Each outcry of the hunted Hare
A fiber from the Brain does tear.

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Answer 1

by hurting animals and nature, in which they belong we are hurting ourselves by alienating ourselves from the earth and fellow creatures that share our life and planet with us. mistreating animals willnot be without consecuence.

1 and 2 line: animals deserve their freedom and can't live tied up, as pets people use merely as decoration

5 and 6 lines: if someone neglects one of his most faithful companions he can be expected to neglect other aspects of his life as well and ruin himself thru carelessness

7 and 8 lines: animals mistreated call for revenge, mistreating them will provide unpleasant consecuences from those that truly care about justice and fairness

9 and 10 lines: by hunting an animal we are turning ourselves more and more inhuman, less compassionate, more viciously competitive and separating ourselves from our true nature

3 and 4 lines: i have no idea, sorry

Answer 2

William Blake felt that the way in which society treated animals was a test of that society, as cruelty to animals denotes a callous and uncaring attitude to one's fellow man. It is barbaric to take a wild bird and place it in a cage and clearly the dove house he refers to isn't the modern type from which birds are free to roam. A person who wilfully keeps a dog in a starving condition isn't fit for any responsibility and there is no excuse for maltreating a horse which is carrying out a job of work for the person riding/driving it. He was clearly against blood sports and could not bear the noise of the hare as the hounds gave chase, ready to catch it and maul it to pieces.

He would be delighted to know that nowadays there is legislation to protect all these creatures of God from the ill treatment he deplored.

Answer 3

basically, it means "be kind to animals, or God gets mad".
the "horse misused on the road calls for human blood" means that to God, all His creatures are equally important, and someone who abuses an animal should get the same. The poem says that animal's cries of misery are heard from heaven to hell.

Answer 4

Cruelty to animals will ruin human existence. That's what I got from it. Be nice to animals and you won't go to Hell or be ruined. I hate poetry, but I liked this one.

Answer 5

Mother nature would take on the man, just like the body take on one infection,,sorry

Answer 6

i think its.... its..... a cause and effect poem...