William Blake

William Blake is an influential person William Blake was a 19th century writer and artist who influenced countless writers through the ages.The most famous painting of his is The Ancient Days. His most famous poem is The Lamb. William Blake is the most influential poet and artist of his time. William Blake had an amazing ability to differentiate his art and poems by the way he used details to draw the reader or onlooker in. Blake’s way of drawing is as different as his way of writing or printing, he strays from tradition.” The gothic stress on a line was all important to Blake, who insisted always on linear design, on a clear outline, as against the chiaroscuro school favored by Sir Joshua Reynolds”(Raine 11). Instead…

The Christ-figure Lamb and the Grenade of Self-Sacrifice William Blake, a figure of the Romantic Age, was an influential English writer and artist during the 19th century. From his youth Blake was interested in the arts. At the early age of ten Blake desired to become a painter. As a result his parents sent him to drawing school. At the age of twelve he began writing poetry. When he was fourteen apprenticed with and engraver wehn art school became too costly. Blake’s first published work,…

“The Chimney Sweeper” from “Songs of Innocence” by William Blake features the difficult situation that common people were going through. The title of this poem shows that it is happening during The Romantic Period in the 1800’s whenever the kids were forced to do backbreaking labor. In the late 1700’s, prices increased sharply and work became scarce (“Chimney Sweeper Background” 541 ). The poem presents how a child was sold and what his life was after that day that will scar him for the rest of…

In the article “The Language of Speakers in Songs of Innocence and of Experience” by Harriet Kramer Linkin, the author states that William Blake uses idiolects that demonstrate how characters organize their way of thinking. He believes that Blake’s use of linguistic patterns were interrupted by verbal differences that made up an ironic tension that inspires us to look at the bigger picture and reality of it all. In “The Chimney Sweeper” (of innocence), Blake uses imagery to represent biblical…

Throughout William Blake’s poems he has expressed his views about social issues that affected him directly and indirectly. There are many issues that are displayed throughout his work, in William Blake’s book Songs of Innocence and Experience reflecting on the stages of childhood and the adult life and how people’s perspective change over their life span. Songs of Innocence is the child-like and more playful naive way of seeing the world, which contrast to Songs of Experience being harsh and…

An Analysis of William Blake’s Life as a Poet William Blake was a travelled and experienced writer, growing up in Paris, moving to London, and finally ending up in Felpham, Sussex [1]. Throughout all this time William Blake, was a businessman, poet, and artist, all of these accomplishments severely impacted Blake’s literary works. In Blake’s poems, “The Tyger” and “The Lamb”, Blake uses repetition and rhyming throughout both of these works, but their meanings are extremely contrasting. “The…

Compare and Contrast “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” are written by William Blake. These were his two famous poetry in his collection. The difference between these two poems is that each poem belong to two different poetry of Blake’s collection. Two biggest collection of poetry from William Blake are the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The Songs of Innocence are poetries that have happy poems like the poem “The Lamb.” The Songs of Experience are poetries…

William Blake: The Merging of Innocence and Experience in Faith When a child looks at the world everything is viewed in the worldview filter of childhood innocence. Children are able to see beauty and have faith without the influence of darkness. As adults, we grow to envy the “child-like” faith and wish that we could always see the world as beautiful, but we know that so many things in this life are complex with no clear answers. We can only observe and form our own opinions based on what we…

RD1: Biography and Cultural Influences William Blake once said, “Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be ignored.” This quote reflects William Blake’s spirit as a fervent poet whose artistic abilities are unmistakable in his various works of literature. Blake is a nineteenth century poet from the Romantic Era who is known to be an influential poet and philosopher. For instance, Blake’s unique, visionary mind is evident in “The Tyger,” a popular…

question “little lamb, who made thee?” William Blake does not hesitate to bring the title into place. The lamb represents purity and innocence; children are innocent as well which makes the lamb and the narrator have a connection. Later we learn that the lamb and the narrator have the same creator. This goes along the same context as another one of Blake’s poems “Tyger” which has a different outlook on God. “The Lamb” is full of positivity, grace, and calmness, it focuses on the goodness of God;…