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William blake (1757-1827) - Coggle Diagram
William blake (1757-1827)
Poet, painter, printmaker,
visionary
Style
SIMPLE STRUCTURE
Central group of symbols: the child: INNOCENCE, the father EXPERIENCE, Christ HIGHER INNOCENCE
Verse: LINEAR and RHYTHMICAL
POET: a PROPHET
Songs of innocence
narrator: shepherd
Symbols: lamb, flowers, children
before the French
Revolution
Childhood= innocence
Language: simple
IMAGINATION: divine vision
Beliefs
Interested in social problems:
Revolution = purifying violence
Art is the tree of life. science death
evil consequences of the Industrial
Revolution
sympathies for children and prostitutes
Without Contraries is no progression.
Songs of experience
more complex,
more pessimistic view
paired poems
narrator: bard,
Experience = adulthood
Terror
Considered mad for his idiosyncratic views
Pictures and poetry
Blake’s poems and images work
together;
paid to illustrate
the works of others.
greatest artist Britain has ever
produced