Poetry by William Blake

The white tiger is an extremely rare animal. In terms of totem’s meaning the white tiger is a significant animal. It is a mystical and spiritual creature with its rare appearance caused by its white fur. “The Chinese divided the celestial sphere into four quarters” (Green 39). The Vermilion Bird and Black Tortoise ruled the South and North, the White Tiger ruled the West that “corresponds to autumn and snowy mountains” (Chia 144) and the Azure Dragon ruled the East. All totems symbolize…

compares children as objects of commerce and dehumanizes them by referring to them as meat (Swift, 1199-1201). In a different time frame but with analogous condition, William Blake witness the outrage against children during the Industrial Revolution. Blake was born on 1757 in London. He is a prophet, poet, painter, and engraver. Blake have radical political views and revolutionary standards (Raine, 7-13). He published Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794 both of these…

William Blake was born in 28A Broad Street, Golden sq., London, European country on twenty-eight November 1757, to a middle-class family. He was the third of seven kids, 2 of whom died in infancy. Blake's father, James, was a tradesman. William Blake once thought about for his individual views, poet is very regarded nowadays for his quality and creativeness, also because the philosophical and mystical undercurrents that reside at intervals his work. His work has been characterized as a part of…

From an early age, Blake began experiencing prophetic visions of God and angels which had a lasting effect on the writing he produced. Blake had the belief that his writings were of national importance and that they could be understood by a majority of men. While this was not a belief Blake shared with the public, it did not stifle his need to share the Holy Word with his audience. As a poet, Blake presents two sides of his views, but dismisses neither in favor of the other. In reading any of…

In this portfolio I explore the art of growing up, and the hardships that go with it. It is a journey on having innocence and how growing up you start to lose your innocence. When you first have your innocence you think the world is perfect and you see it through a black and white lense.However when you lose your innocence you start to notice the hardships people start to go through in life, and you start to notice that the world is not just black and white it has many other colors waiting to be…

A Short Story Versus A Poem Even though the poem, “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake, was written during the time of the Romantic era and the short story,“Araby” by James Joyce, was written in the Modern era, it is obvious of the many different similarities and differences that the two works share. James Joyce could possibly be considered a Romantic writer due to the fact that he incorporates a child as his protagonist. They both start off with a dark setting to set the tone anger and/or…

Similarities and differences can be drawn between the two poems in the manner Blake uses them to perpetuate his critiques against the society for its oppression. The two poems present the condition of innocent minor children who are sold off by their greedy parents to the wealthy in order to meet their needs. In the Songs of Innocence, a little boy is forced to go through the misery of exploitation with the hopes of a better tomorrow (Blake pp. 1-2). Unfortunately, the little boy is oblivious…

Jejuri poems are all about Arun Kolatkar visiting the temple town in the state of Maharashtra where 'every other stone is a god or his cousin'. The poems are delicately written yet sharply observed - a temple door, a yellow butterfly and Maruti himself find equal care given to them all in turn. Jejuri poems oscillate between faith and scepticism. In his plat and colloquial tone, Kolatkar ironically treats the parallel scenario reinforcing it with concrete imagery. Kolatkar's use of concrete…

poet who lived in 17th century. His poems cover a wide variety of themes: from the love to politics and nature’s role in people’s lives. Marvell often used exalted topics/ However, he chooses different approaches compared to other famous poets like William Wordsworth who was born and worked hundred years after Marvell’s death. The last author often covered metaphysical motifs like his experience as a cloud that saw a filed of daffodils during its everyday trip. While many poets were concerned…

William Wordsworth is an English poet who lived from 1770 to 1850, he was born on the 7th of April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the northwest of England, he is considered as one of the greatest poet in the romantic era, which is also called the Romanticism, He was an early leader of it, Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, it emphasis upon the power and terrors of the inner imaginative life. The…