AMONG the clearly discernible qualities of Blake's work, intensity of visualization and simplicity of expression occupy the foreground. The former is the chief mark of his genius as a whole.
London by William Blake was published in 1794. It tells the story of a speaker walking through the city of London and noticing suffering all around them. London was published in Blake's poetry ...
The first set of poems is, therefore, generally hopeful and positive while the second set tends to be more negative and pessimistic. Blake was a deeply religious man and this shows in the moral ...
His earliest poems were published in 1783. The words of "Jerusalem" were set to music in 1916 by Sir Charles Parry. Blake and his wife are buried at Bunhill Fields, Finsbury, London. "Blake Studies: ...