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William Blake Facts

1. His entire life, Blake earned his living through engraving.

2. He wanted to be an artist since childhood.

3. His most famous engravings are illustrations of the book of job.

4. he had a successful marriage with catherine boucher.

5. blake died on august 12, 1827.

6. he claimed to to exprerience visions throughout his life.

7. blake is famous for relief etching.

Infant sorrow and infant joy

Infant sorrow and infant joy

Both poems share the same context and meaning. The word 'infant' is referring to a new born baby that's just two days old. The baby is joyful in the poem Infant Joy. In the poem Infant Sorrow the Mother is upset and feeling bad about bringing a new born baby into the world. The dad is crying about it. The baby is trying to fight his way out of his bands to get away. Both poems are about birth. One explains the ideal situation and one shows two parents who really don't want to be in that situation.

Detailed analysis of infant sorrow and infant joy

The companion poem to “Infant Joy,” this brief piece focuses on the pain and tribulation accompanying childbirth, but from the infant’s perspective. He finds himself “helpless” and “naked,” but also describes himself as a “fiend hid in a cloud,” suggesting future harms he may perpetrate. To the infant fresh from the safety of his mother’s womb, there is no comfort in the father’s arms, so he settles for sulking at his mother’s breast.

Detailed analysis of infant sorrow and infant joy

The imaginary conversion between the mother and her unborn child. It’s been just two days the child is conceived in the mother’s womb. The child has no worldly name and associates his name to Joy. If we’re to accept this viewpoint, Blake’s inference may be to make his readers realize that the life of children is happy before and after birth

A poison tree and My pretty rose tree

My Pretty Rose Tree:

A Poison Tree:

Detailed analysis

He was given a flower, that symbolizes a lover. He appreciates the beauty of her then moves onto his other rose tree, the other people inhis life. She becomes jealous only treats him bad, "her thorns were my only delight."

A poison tree and My pretty rose tree

The poem "A Poison Tree" tells of a man's hatred for his enemy growing inside him like a tree. The hatred eventually kills the man's enemy.

"My Pretty Rose Tree" is a poem about a man's lover being jealous of the time he spends with others. She (the rose) turns away from him and he is only left with her distance or her "thorns".

Detailed Analysis

When he is angry with a friend, he tells him. When he is angy with an enemy, he lets it grow inside himself. he compares this hate to a tree that produces an apple. His enemy then eats the apple and dies.

The tyger and the lamb

William Blake’s position in the Romantic Movement can be considered nothing short of a leading author and a key source of passion. In keeping with Romantic concepts such as the emotions of awe, terror, and horror, Blake painted powerful pictures of nature and God. The influence of his celestial visions as well as the Romantic Movement can be clearly seen in his works such as The Tyger and The Lamb, where Blake emphasizes the power of a creator of both a tame lamb and the fierce tiger

The Ancient of Days

works cited page

works cited page

1. “William Blake and His Poetry.” William Blake and Romanticism, williamblakeandromanticism.weebly.com/william-blake-and-his-poetry.html

2. Anirudh. “10 Interesting Facts About William Blake.” Learnodo Newtonic, 19 June 2015, learnodo-newtonic.com/william-blake-facts

3. A Student's Analysis of 'Infant Joy' & 'Infant Sorrow'.” William Blake Reloaded, 25 Sept. 2013, williamblakereloaded.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/a-students-analysis-of-infant-joy-infant-sorrow/.

4. “List of Poems by William Blake.” Ranker, www.ranker.com/list/list-of-poems-by-william-blake/reference.