Write an essay of 1500 words in which you compare and contrast the following Romantic poem and extract from a Romantic poem; Blake's 'The Schoolboy' from Songs of Innocence and Byron's Don Juan Canto 1, stanzas 37 - 48.
Write an essay of 1500 words in which you compare and contrast the following Romantic poem and extract from a Romantic poem; Blake's 'The Schoolboy' from Songs of Innocence and Byron's Don Juan Canto 1, stanzas 37 - 48. Both Blake's poem The Schoolboy and Byron's extract from Don Juan explore the theme of education and the consequences of this type of infringement upon the child who is receiving the education. However, they way that both poets communicate their views is very distinct. In Blake's The Schoolboy we are encouraged to feel pity and sorrow for the child that cannot play, whereas in Byron's Don Juan extract we see a satirical viewpoint from the narrator's perspective. Both poets appear to be disillusioned with the type of education that was offered at the time and felt that they were confined within the social structure. In Blake we see a general dislike of all education whereas Byron appears to reject only the highly moral type of education. Blake's The Schoolboy is written in a ballad form, which compresses the lesson within the poem. The ballad form is similar to that of a hymn, which is appropriate to the lessons a child has to endure and emphasises the theme of innocence. Blake writes the ballad in the first person narrative and assumes the persona of the child who, despite his objections, is forced to go to school when he would rather be enjoying the natural
Can Blake Be Considered To Be a Romantic Poet.
CAN BLAKE BE CONSIDERED TO BE A ROMANTIC POET Romantism was an artistic movement, which took place between 1770 and 1848. It highlighted a significant change in society. Before, people generally believed in the neo-classic system, which was extremely authoritarian, there was no belief in the power of imagination, paintings were realistic portraits or landscapes and literature was inflexible. Everything was more or less constrained. Signs of romatism were evident in writers such as Mary Shelly and ETA Hoffman who both alluded to the darkly mysterious aspects of life. Slowly writers started to portray nature in relation to mans sentiments (Gray was a fine example of this). This is displaying imagination, as it is associated with the individuals' state of mind. Rousseau was a great influence in the Romantic Movement, his literature showed adventure and a clear use of imagination. William Blake was an ardent follower of Rousseau and his beliefs. This is evident in his poems, such as The Tiger taken from Songs Of Innocence. In this poem there is a contest between the tiger and the blacksmith, the tiger being a natural, powerful, instinctive and full of energy and imagination while the blacksmith ruins, crafts and reconstructs natural materials. It is clear in the poem that Blake had a great degree of respect for the tiger and this is shown where it says: "On what wings dare he
Essay on William Blake
The Constraints of the Church William Blake throughout his poems' in Songs of Innocence and Experience emphasizes freedom and his sympathy for rebellion. In a lot of Blake's poems the emphasis on freedom and sympathy for rebellion is against one his most central themes in the book, which is social institutions, mainly the church. Blake emphasizes freedom of thought, which the church confines and rebellion against the restrained teachings of the church. To a certain extent this opinion is a valid evaluation of Bakes views in Songs of Innocence and Experience in the poem "A Little Girl Lost". However, some of Blake's poems also implicitly advocate a patient, even passive, acceptance of injustice and suffering to the church. The "Garden of Love" conveys that the church's restrains are silently followed. In addition Blake also conveys both emphasis on freedom of thought and rebellion against church and passive acceptance of injustice and suffering in the same poem. "The Little Boy Lost" conveys both opinions. Blake in Songs of Innocence and Experience conveys specific poems that emphasize rebellion and freedom against the church, but also in other poems conveys a passive acceptance to injustice and suffering that the church advocates. In the poem "A Little Girl Lost" Blake emphasizes rebellion against the teachings of the church and freedom of thought and love. This is
How the two contrary states of human soul are reflected in the "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience."
How the two contrary states of human soul are reflected in the "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience." William Blake, the greatest visionary poet, is regarded as forerunner of Romantic Movement in English literature. He is a devout admirer of intrinsic energies and sublime instincts of human soul. Actually Blake's philosophy asserts more than anything else - the contrariety of systems with regard to human soul and the other objects of creation. This characteristic has been reflected in his "Songs of Innocence and of Experience". The contrariety of human soul is the striking point of the songs. Blake describes his Songs as "showing the two contrary states of human soul," and groups them under two main holdings; and there is plainly a great difference of character between the two parts. In so arranging his work, Blake followed his own maxim that 'Without contraries there is no progression." According to C.M. Bowra, "The two sections of Blake's book, the Songs of Innocence and of Experience are contrasted elements in a single design. The first part sets out an imaginative vision of the state of innocence; the second shows how life challenges, corrupts and destroys it. In first part Blake shows what innocence means and in the second part how it is corrupted and destroyed." Blake believes that what is good is corrupted by experience and when this happens hypocrisy and
How does William Blake use his work to show his disapproval of the society of his time
How does William Blake use his work to show his disapproval of the society of his time? William Blake was one of the first romantic poets, writing during the French and American revolutions in 1780. Romantic poets believe that people should be free to follow their own desires, everyone has a right to pursue and fulfil their desires in order to be happy, that imagination is more important than science and logic, and that childhood is important and should be innocent. Blake was a visionary writer, he talked to God and angels came to him in his dreams and visions. He translates these experiences into his poems. He viewed God as an artist, active and full of passion and love, rather than a scientist. However, Blake disliked institutions such as the Church and formal religion, the government and the royal family. Blake believed that people should have open marriages and to enjoy sex, possibly with multiple partners, and was also against unions such as marriages. Society and the Church taught people to think that sex was sinful and wrong, whereas Blake believed sex and desire is a connection to God and spirituality. Blake was especially frustrated with the Church, he thought they were controlling people, especially the poor and working classes. These institutions would teach that although people may be poor and unhappy in this life, if they do not rebel they will be able to go to
Why and how do writers of English Literary and playful texts "break the rules of" English?
Why and how do writers of English Literary and playful texts "break the rules of" English? After having defined the terms "playful and literary", I will then look briefly at foregrounding and the classification of the English Language. Then rhyme, rhythm and repletion would be examined followed by how writers break syntactic rules to show thought process. This will be followed by literary usage of the metaphor, collocation and iconicity. Then I will examine playful text in relation to graffiti, newspapers and advertising. Literary and playful usage of language is different from that of everyday language in that it draws attention to the language itself. Writers achieve this by being creative, original and imaginative. Moreover, by "skilfully manipulating language to create patterns and usage" to express ideas, which draws the readers giving them an original insight into the world of the writer. (Maybin and Mercer, 1996, p. 198) Writers of literary and playful text use language to draw attention to it by way of surprising the reader into an original perception of the language and the subject matter. This according to the Russian formalists is foregrounding (Maybin and Mercer, 1996, p. 163). Foregrounding is achieved, by breaking the rules of language, that is sound, grammar and meaning to place the reader in the text. Thus, the reader is surprised into seeing the image,
ICT and a working adult.
Report two: ICT and a working adult The adult I will be doing this report on will be Mrs Blake. Mrs Blake is a cardiac care nurse at Southend Hospital. . Home As Mrs Blake is a full time nurse, she does not have a lot of free time. So to make her life easier she does her weekly food shopping online at www.tesco.com. During the week, Mrs Blake adds to her shopping list and at the end of the week, she submits it. Mrs Blake has her own account so Tesco's has all the required personal details of Mrs Blake. When Mrs Blake wants to do her weekly shopping she logs into Tescos website with her own user name and a secure password. This on-line service is very useful to her as it is quick, simple and delivers to her door and at convenient time for Mrs Blake. Another on-line service Mrs Blake uses is banking. Mrs Blake pays her bills on-line again to save time. If Mrs Blake brings work home, it is usually to write family letters. Therefore, she will use Microsoft Word to produce these. To save her work she uses a memory stick, which she attaches to her key ring so she will not misplace it. She finds these a lot better than floppy disks because she always used to loose and break them. Another programme Mrs Blake uses at home is Picture it, Print it, where she produces thank you notes, cards for all occasions, invitations, and food menus. As Mrs Blake has two children, she
How does Blake convey his thoughts and feelings about parents and the treatment of children of the poor in England?
How does Blake convey his thoughts and feelings about parents and the treatment of children of the poor in England? The parenthood theme can be seen throughout Blake's Songs. In a sense, as the 'Introduction' and the title page to Songs of Innocence suggest, the whole volume is a contribution to be read by caring and loving parents to their children. Blake wrote Songs of Innocence, which is derived from biblical sources, traditional nursery rhymes, songs, and moral hymns for children. The idea that by converting complicated Biblical lessons into a simpler, more understanding language, children would become more interested in learning these lessons was of particular argument from Blake. Both the poems and illustrations for Songs of Innocence show his consistency in presenting an adult subject matter, while maintaining a style and language to which children may relate. Another theme, which Blake adopts, is that of parenthood. He uses guardian type images such as shepherds over sheep, parents over children, and God as a good shepherd for example Blake's Piper, in the 'Introduction' to Songs of Innocence, is a prophet shown, in the illustration at the beginning of the songs, as a shepherd with his flock of sheep. Typically Blake's Songs of Innocence is understood to be a selection of poems for children. Perhaps this is not quite the case. Blake seems to state that it is not
Contrast Between William Blake's Poems 'The Tiger' and 'The Lamb'
Contrast Between William Blake's Poems 'The Tiger' and 'The Lamb' There is a clear contrast between Blake's poems 'The Tiger' (Songs of Experience) and 'The Lamb' (Songs Of Innocence), in both poems Blake brings together imagery, ideas and themes that are present throughout the volumes, but his approach is more ambivalent than could be expected. Both poems offer an insight into Blake's opinions on many contemporary issues such as politics and religion. The title 'The Lamb' incorporates many heavy religious connotations into the poem, and both poems could show Blake's opinions of God and creation. In 'The Lamb' Blake questions the tender, passive lamb about its creator, he asks 'Dost thou know who made thee?' And at first it may appear that the poem possess strong evangelical qualities, Blake writes about a 'tender voice' and 'he calls himself a Lamb'. In the poem Blake is able to use the lamb as a creative metaphor for himself, God and God's people. However throughout 'The Tiger', Blake is amazed and almost dismissive that the 'burning' tiger was created by the same creator as the 'tender' lamb and the God that Blake presents seems to have a much more vengeful and militaristic quality. Blake appears to be admirable of the Tiger and it's beautiful 'symmetry', and also praises the intricacies of it's workings, but there is a sense of Blake being afraid of the Tiger, with him
Nurse’s Song by William Blake
William Blake wrote two collections of songs, the songs of experience and the songs innocence. The songs of innocence seem to progress towards the songs of experience. In the songs of innocence, Blake focuses around a child's world and the innocence of a child, thus describing a world of natural innocence. Most of the songs of innocence by Blake, are narrated from the viewpoint of a child, and so imply that children are innocent. Blake also reveals the truth about moving from his own childhood to adulthood, losing all his innocence and hope in the process. In his songs of innocence, he portrays the image of the world as hopeful, happy and peaceful, and therefore immediately makes the reader think that he is a child reading a simple piece of literature. In his songs of experience, Blake seems to focus on the world around the viewpoint of an adult. This shows how the songs of experience are derived from the songs of innocence - in the same way as adulthood derives from childhood. In the songs of experience, all the happiness and ignorance of childhood is lost, to form a rather harsh look on life. Blake is comparing and contrasting his songs of innocence with his songs of experience. This is also shown by either two versions of the same poem, with different use of language in each (e.g. both versions of 'The Nurses Song'), or two different poems, which are being compared by each