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WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) - Coggle Diagram
WILLIAM BLAKE
(1757-1827)
WAS BORN INTO A LOWER CLASS FAMILY
HE BECAME AN ENGRAVER
HE STARTED WRITING WHEN HE WAS YOUNG (TWENTY YEARS OLD)
HE ILLUSTRATED SOME OF THIS POEMS
HE DENOUNCED THE EXPLOITATION OF POOR PEOPLE
HE ATTACKED THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
HE WROTE ABOUT CHILDHOOD
INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE REPRESENT THE TWO CONTRARY STATES OF THE HUMAN MIND
THEY COEXIST IN THE SAME PERSON OR SITUATION
THERE IS NO WAY TO RECONCILE THEM
IN THEIR TENSION LIES THE POSSIBILITY OF PROGRESS
BLAKE DID NOT BELIEVE IN MAN'S RATIONALITY
HE THOUGHT THAT FAITH AND INTUITION WERE THE ONLY SOURCE OF TRUE KNOWLEDGE
HE THOUGHT THAT IMIGINATION ENABLED MAN TO SEE BEYOND PHYSICAL REALITY
THE INTERNAL MIND BUILDS THE EXTERNAL WORLD THAT MAN SEES
BLAKE DESCRIBES CHILDREN IN HIS POEMS
HE IS INTERESTED THEIR CURIOSITY
HE DENOUNCES THE EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN BY CRUEL AND OPPRESSIVE FAMILIES
BLAKE'S POETRY IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF HIS USE OF COMPLEX SYMBOLS
HIS LANGUAGE AND SYNTAX ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE
HE USE REPETITIONS WICH ARE TYPICAL OF BALLADS AND MODERN SONGS