WILLIAM BLAKE
He born into a family of numble origin in 1757
- he supported the French revolution
- the Bible was the most literary influence in his life
- he did in 1827
WILLIAM BLAKE, the poet
- He is considered Romantic because he rejected the neoclassical style
- For Blake
- We can remember SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND SONG OF EXPEREINCE. This
are short lyrical verses
WILLIAM BLAKE, the artist
He studied the works of Raphael and Michelangelo and the monuments of London
for example Westminster abbey
- He creating “Illuminated printing “combination of picture and poetic text
- Many of his paintings dealt with religious subjects
WILLIAM BLAKE, the prophet
He wrote some prophetic books for example The Marriage of Heaven and Hell,
Visions of the Daughters of Albion
- In this books express the blake’s own personal romantic and revolutionary
beliefs
WILLIAM BLAKE’S THINKS
Blake thinks that the Christianity was responsabible fort the fragmentation of the
knowledge and the dualism in the man life
- Blake considered imagination as the means through which Man can know the
world
- He can see more deeply into reality and who else tries to as the means
through which Man can know the world
LONDON
It is a poem written by W.B. It is one of the Songs of Experience. Composed by 4
stanzas of 4 lines each. The ryme are alternated (ABAB CDCD). This poem is about
the diseases and sufferings in London during the industrialization. He describes a
walk in London where he sees people who are suffering. He hears people crying for
their life situation (which is common). Menacles: forged by the mind of depressed
people who can’t do anything for their freedom. The figure of chimney-sweeper is in
contrast with the Church which should help them but it is indifferent. Other victims
are the soldier, sent to war by the king to die, and the prostitutes who have to do
that for living. They can spread illness and this causes the death of marriage
THE LAMB
