The Poems of William Blake Essay -- William Blake English Romantic Poe

The Poems of William BlakeWhat have you understood, from reading the poems of William Blake?William Blake, a late 18th century spirit Romantic poet usestraditional forms for his rime in that he blends the ballad, thenursery rhyme and the hymn. The meaning he constructs from these formshowever is far from traditional. His style was to express very composite plantideas in very simple language and compressing a lot of deep meaninginto often very short poems. Blake was a rebel and was everyplace enjoyedwhen the French revolution liberated the repressed underclass. Hewanted social equality entirely the industrial revolution just widened thegap between the inscrutable and the poor. He often criticised theEstablishment, especially the Church, for its hypocrisy and he wasagainst things that prevented the human spirit from being free,therefore he disliked the rulings of kings and priests. All thatsurrounded him had an influence on his poetry.His poems are separated into innocence and e xperience, both oppositesas Innocence has the sounds of laughter and joy the images ofsimplicity, children being protected, unthreatening animals like thebirds and the lamb also beauty of record, the roses and the non scarydaylight, brightness and sunshine reflecting the creators warm love.Next, experience which is something which you bring to yourself astime passes here we hear sounds of crying, weeping, sighing andcursing. We see frightening animals like the tiger also the iniquitywhich we associate with darkness, evil and sin. Blake comparesinnocence and experience by using happiness and sadness, health andsickness, day and night, positive and negative emotions, beautifulnature and scary nature also the peaceful country a... ...in. I have learnt about the twoopposite natures and the different states of being, it shows you howthe times have changed and todays children have legion(predicate) more rights, butnature in all its excellence and beauty is still there and will neverch ange. It portrays realism and the hardship that not only thechildren of that time had to face but all the poor, under privilegedpeople. He captured his time using realism and the drudgery. He showsus unspoilt innocence and its saddening and moving how innocence apprisenever last Although Blake was not very well known throughout hislife, he became a part of history creating some of the most passionatepoetry of all time. He was an artist of great ability creating amazingpieces of work with profound simplicity encouraging and inspiringpeople around the world. Exercising the minds of many of us still tothis day