Poetry by William Blake

William Blake’s techniques used in the poems, “The Lamb” and “The Tiger,” in Songs of Innocence and Experience help him develop his theme of “humanity becomes aware of evil as it sees nature being corrupted.” The lamb represents the innocence, and the tiger represents evil and corruption. The theme is conveyed through Blake’s diction. The author’s diction in “The Lamb” heightens the theme the poem portrays. In “The Lamb,” the speaker is asking the lamb who gave it its “tender voice” and…

William Blake was a second generation philosopher from 1757 to 1827. Blake loved the world of nature and wrote several famous poems. An archetype is one thing that represents something else and Blake uses this in several of his poems, giving them an overall message or theme. Blake uses archetypes to express one thing that represents something else in the the poems he wrote named The Lamb, The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, and Infant Sorrow which expresses archetypes. William Blake uses…

By using diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language and a mystical tone “The Tyger” by William Blake reveals the beauty in the unknown. Her uses the language choices to tell you of something that was like a legend or myth. Ande through these processes we will learn of the mythical beast the tyger. In the poem, “The Tyger”the use of imagery is very important to the context of the story. In the very beginning it describes the Tyger in its awe, “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of…

The Romantic period of poetry wasn’t just about the romantic imaginings of the natural life; it was rife with social and political issues. The Romantic Era was a particularly turbulent time for these problems and the writers of this time reflected day-to-day struggles with poverty, the crushing power of the ruling classes and the previous fall of the French nobles at the hands of those beneath them in various ways. Shelley’s “Ozymandias” was one such politically driven poem. The idea that a…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge lived in a period with a strong value of superstition than what is seen today therefore, he had an interest in how the mind distinguished imagination from reality. This can be seen throughout various of his poems, one in particular is Christabel. Christabel is embedded with mysterious symbols that foreshadow her innocence to be her down falling quality. Samuel Taylor Coleridge sets up an ominous atmosphere for the start of the poem and carries it on throughout.…

After the Romantic period Childhood was created and a division between adult and child was formed. In William Blake’s poem The Lamb great divine and supreme being of children is portrayed.”I a child an thou a lamb” connects children with innocence portrays them to be God like. This theme of a perfect, pure child was created and idolized during the Romantic era, however, the definition of a perfect mature adult was not addressed. In Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice is placed in…

The Romantic period was a very important period for literature. It took place from the year 1785 to 1832 and was a period in which new poetry forms were explored and writing was a way in which people could express their experiences, emotions and imagination. Although there are many characteristics of the Romantic period, the rejection of industrialization, the inclusion of supernatural or mythological elements and the growing views of woman are the main characteristics in works that really show…

poet. Probably there are two reasons for this .Firstly she believes that poetry by men and women cannot be different secondly she does not make an issue of it , in spite of the trends emphasizing women poets. In the 1960s Jennings felt that being a woman poet was easier in America than in England and the same view was expressed by her in an interview to John Press. However the continuity with which she had been writing poetry and prose shows that she might have changed her view on the issue now.…

Painting and relevance: Jacques-Louis David’s “Oath of the Horatii” was painted in 1784 and it was commissioned by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on behalf of the Kind Louis XVI. The inspiration of the painting had to come by Corneille’s Play “Horace” which was being performed in Paris during that time. In 1785 the painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon. The painting shows a decisive moment of will as well as a great family tragedy resulting from political consequences. The…

William Wordsworth “The Daffodils” “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth, this poem is a typical romantic poem that reflects the essence of romanticism, Now after this being said, I will discuss how the poem embodies the features of romanticism and how it illuminates the personal life of the poet whilst transcending the private into a human public experience, also the importance of the context in inspiring this poem and the secret collaboration of writing between Wordsworth and his…