How Does William Blake's Life Affected His Work?
William Blake was an artist, poet, and engraver born on November 28th, 1757 in London, England. Blake grew up in England and began writing poems at a very young age. The romantic era of which he grew up in affected his poems dramatically along with some tragic events that occurred in his life. Blake grew up from an early age with a heavy emphasis on the Bible. This heavily affected his poems and his lifestyle. He was homeschooled by his mother until the age of 10 when he went to Henry Pars’s Drawing school. This started Blake’s career as an artist where he began drawing the human body and recasting ancient structures. This brought Blake’s attention to stonework where he found his love for engraving at the age of 14. In 1779, Blake completed his seven-year apprenticeship and became a journeyman copy engraver. Here he began to work for publishers and on book projects. Blake began to prepare himself for a career as an artist, so he enrolled at Royal Academy of Arts Schools of Design. Blake's privately published Poetical Sketches, a series of poems that he had written over 14 years. In August 1782, Blake married Catherine Sophia Boucher. When Blake married her she was illiterate, however he taught her how to read, write and draw. Catherine believe in his visions and
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This poem portrays the images of innocence and betrayal throughout. Blake began by introducing the speaker of the poem “And that I was a maiden queen, Guarded by an Angel mild” on lines two and three. This introduces the speaker as a “Maiden Queen.” During this time period this means that the queen was unmarried and pure. Blake continues by saying “i wept both night and day, I wept both day and night” in lines five and seven. He uses repetition here to show the readers that the queen is very sad and is crying. Blake also uses words such as wept and tears to show the speaker's mood of the poem. This helped set up the entire poem's structure and
This poem portrays the images of innocence and betrayal throughout. Blake began by introducing the speaker of the poem “And that I was a maiden queen, Guarded by an Angel mild” on lines two and three. This introduces the speaker as a “Maiden Queen.” During this time period this means that the queen was unmarried and pure. Blake continues by saying “i wept both night and day, I wept both day and night” in lines five and seven. He uses repetition here to show the readers that the queen is very sad and is crying. Blake also uses words such as wept and tears to show the speaker's mood of the poem. This helped set up the entire poem's structure and