duality of human nature by william blake
Which of the poets discussed in this course do you find most interesting? Choose two or three of his poems and explain why these works interest you. (Be detailed and specific; use quotations to clarify and illustrate your discussion.)
To eat or not to eat the cookies - that is the question. William Blake is one of the most popular English romantic artists. He was a painter, a sculptor and a poet. I find him most interesting as his poetry touches problems which are timeless and I may say that a latter-day person asks himself the same questions concerning religious matters as Blake did. He used his poetry as a powerful instrument of social comment. He believed, that his vocation was to teach people how to return to the a different, ancient - like perception of religion and the world around. People living in Blake's times generally were aware that they have lost something valuable, what the ancients did have - purity, some kind of naivety and respect to the word around. But they also believed that they are so much sophisticated that they would never return to the roots. For that reason he was not understood by people of his times, as Blake himself had an opposite view on that matter. He would encourage everyone to release form systems they are imprisoned in. He believed that people at that times were living in an imprisoned society. Imprisoned by many different systems like political system, religious system or philosophical system. He also believed that a person consists of two parts, physical and spiritual part. He was convinced that if everyone would release his soul - his spiritual part, that would make him a happy human being. William Blake as a great poet wrote many different poems, but I would like to introduce two of them, representing two extremely different points of view about religious beliefs. "The Lamb" and "Garden of Love". Both of them I find real and still up to date. The first poem is called "The Lamb". The poem is a small child’s
To eat or not to eat the cookies - that is the question. William Blake is one of the most popular English romantic artists. He was a painter, a sculptor and a poet. I find him most interesting as his poetry touches problems which are timeless and I may say that a latter-day person asks himself the same questions concerning religious matters as Blake did. He used his poetry as a powerful instrument of social comment. He believed, that his vocation was to teach people how to return to the a different, ancient - like perception of religion and the world around. People living in Blake's times generally were aware that they have lost something valuable, what the ancients did have - purity, some kind of naivety and respect to the word around. But they also believed that they are so much sophisticated that they would never return to the roots. For that reason he was not understood by people of his times, as Blake himself had an opposite view on that matter. He would encourage everyone to release form systems they are imprisoned in. He believed that people at that times were living in an imprisoned society. Imprisoned by many different systems like political system, religious system or philosophical system. He also believed that a person consists of two parts, physical and spiritual part. He was convinced that if everyone would release his soul - his spiritual part, that would make him a happy human being. William Blake as a great poet wrote many different poems, but I would like to introduce two of them, representing two extremely different points of view about religious beliefs. "The Lamb" and "Garden of Love". Both of them I find real and still up to date. The first poem is called "The Lamb". The poem is a small child’s