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

The Poems of William BlakeWhat hire you at a lower placestood, from reading the poems of William Blake?William Blake, a late eighteenth century English Romantic poet usestraditional forms for his poetry in that he blends the b in allad, thenursery rhyme and the hymn. The meaning he constructs from these formshowever is far from traditional. His behavior was to express real complexideas in very simple speech and compressing a lot of deep meaninginto often prison terms very short poems. Blake was a rebel and was over en joyfulnessedwhen the French revolution turn the repressed underclass. Hewanted social equality but the industrial revolution just widened thegap between the rich 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, thus he disliked the rulings of kings and priests. All thatsurrounded him had an influence on his poetry.His poems ar separated into inno cence and experience, both oppositesas Innocence has the sounds of laughter and joy the images ofsimplicity, children being protected, unthreatening animals like thebirds and the lamb besides beauty of nature, the roses and the non shudderydaylight, 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 nightwhich 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 learn learnt about the twoopposite natures and the different states of being, it shows you howthe times have changed and todays children have many an(prenominal) more rights, butnature in all its honesty and beauty is still ther e and will neverchange. It portrays realism and the adversity 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 cannever stand 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 grievous simplicity encouraging and inspiringpeople around the world. Exercising the minds of many of us still tothis day