How do William Blake’s poems view his opinion on religion?

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How do William Blake’s poems view his opinion on religion?

William Blake was a poet of a great standard. His harsh Protestant upbringing and folktales told to him inspired many of his poems. His greatest source was the Bible. Many of his poems involve God and nature. He is a Romantic poet (not the sort of ‘valentines’ romantic though), who has a way with words. Possible his two most famous and conflicting poems are ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tyger’. These poems, nearly classed as oxymorons due to the clashing of their meaning (as in the idea of God creating something so pure and so good, creating something so dark and evil) have a perfect and suitable rhyming scheme that is so simple. Both poems involve hidden meanings and can change depending on whose point of view you use to study the poem.

William Blake was born in London, November 28, 1757. His father, James Blake, was a London hosier. William had three brothers and a sister. His older brother took over his father's hosiery business. His younger brothers were besought with tragedy. John died young. The youngest, Robert, was dear to William, as he also had artistic and poetic leanings. He died of an illness at the age of 21. Another brother, Richard, died in infancy. He began his artistic career at an early age, as when he was 10, his father sent him to Henry Par's drawing school in the Strand. In August 1772, he became an apprentice of Basire the engraver. For the next seven years, he learned the fine arts of engraving, etching, stippling and copying. With his apprenticeship completed, he set out at 21 to earn his living as a professional engraver. He then drew to his more poetic career.

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Blake spent most of his childhood reading the bible. He had no friends and preferred to spend his time alone. He spent that time thinking about god, and if the stories of the Bible were true. He grew up into the industrial revolution and wrote many poems. Two of his most famous poems were ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The lamb. These two poems were based on the belief of God. He used ‘The Tyger’ to portray the evil in the world, and the lamb to portray the goodness in the world. He wrote many other poems about life in London ...

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