William Blake :: English Literature

William BlakeWilliam Blake was born in 1757 in London. This city influences most ofhis work. For example, the demoralise metrical composition London. As Blake grew upit became harder and more painful for him to act like normal people,he hung around with a selection of rebels and re variateers and heconsidered any form of oppression as an act of evil. He got intotrouble with the law for saying, Damn the King and damn all hissubjects (From a biography of Blake). Blake was also influenced bythe organized religion Buddhism in the verseHe who bends to himself a JoyDoth the winged life destroyBut he who kisses the Joy as it flyLives in Eternitys sunrise.One of Blakes favoured poems is The Tiger of the Songs ofExperience. The well-remembered lines are, Tyger Tyger Burningbright in the forests of the night. Blake is comparing the creature,the tiger, to the Devil he mentions prove a lot and also a furnace andanvil, hammer and chain, like in a blacksmiths it is as hot as Hell.He also quest ions whether the Lord, who make something so tame and loving as the deliver, could ever pretend created the Tiger, or was it Satan?Did he who made the lamb make thee?. The final verse is the comparable asthe first verse except for one word. He replaces could with dare.Its no longer Who could frame thy fearful symmetry? but instanter youwould put up to dare rather than be able to.The deliver is a song of innocence. In theory it is completely resistanceto The Tiger. It is really sweet and innocent. In the first verse heis asking the lamb if he knew who made it and in the second verse heis telling it that it was theology, For He calls himself a Lamb. Theentire poem is informing the lamb where he came from in the eyes of aninnocent little boy.As I mentioned before, The Tiger is completely opposite to theLamb. One is a Song of Innocence and one is a Song of Experience.In The Lamb, Blake talks about how God and the lamb hold so much incommon, we are called by His name, and in Th e Tiger, he talksabout how God and the tiger have so little in common, Did he smilehis work to see? Did he who make the Lamb make thee?. He talks abouthow God and the field are ashamed of the creation of the tigerWhen the stars threw down their spears and watered heaven with theirWilliam Blake English LiteratureWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was born in 1757 in London. This city influences most ofhis work. For example, the depressing poem London. As Blake grew upit became harder and more painful for him to act like normal people,he hung around with a selection of rebels and reformers and heconsidered every form of oppression as an act of evil. He got intotrouble with the law for saying, Damn the King and damn all hissubjects (From a biography of Blake). Blake was also influenced bythe religion Buddhism in the verseHe who bends to himself a JoyDoth the winged life destroyBut he who kisses the Joy as it fliesLives in Eternitys sunrise.One of Blakes favoured poems is The Tiger of the S ongs ofExperience. The well-remembered lines are, Tyger Tyger Burningbright in the forests of the night. Blake is comparing the creature,the tiger, to the Devil he mentions fire a lot and also a furnace andanvil, hammer and chain, like in a blacksmiths it is as hot as Hell.He also questions whether the Lord, who made something so tame andsweet as the Lamb, could ever have created the Tiger, or was it Satan?Did he who made the lamb make thee?. The final verse is the same asthe first verse except for one word. He replaces could with dare.Its no longer Who could frame thy fearful symmetry? but now youwould have to dare rather than be able to.The Lamb is a song of innocence. In theory it is completely oppositeto The Tiger. It is really sweet and innocent. In the first verse heis asking the lamb if he knew who made it and in the second verse heis telling it that it was God, For He calls himself a Lamb. Theentire poem is informing the lamb where he came from in the eyes of aninnocent litt le boy.As I mentioned before, The Tiger is completely opposite to theLamb. One is a Song of Innocence and one is a Song of Experience.In The Lamb, Blake talks about how God and the lamb have so much incommon, we are called by His name, and in The Tiger, he talksabout how God and the tiger have so little in common, Did he smilehis work to see? Did he who make the Lamb make thee?. He talks abouthow God and the heavens are ashamed of the creation of the tigerWhen the stars threw down their spears and watered heaven with their