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William Blake

William Blake. By Andrea Elmore & Cara Hovan. At age 21 he became a professional engraver He used his visions of angels as inspirations Blake was influenced by the ideals of the French and American revolutions Songs of Innocence are poems that reflect the world of childhood

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William Blake

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  1. William Blake By Andrea Elmore & Cara Hovan

  2. At age 21 he became a professional engraver • He used his visions of angels as inspirations • Blake was influenced by the ideals of the French and American revolutions • Songs of Innocence are poems that reflect the world of childhood • The lack of public recognition sent him into depression

  3. The Lamb Little Lamb, who made thee?   Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life & bid thee feed By the stream & o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, wooly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice?   Little Lamb, who made thee?   Dost thou know who made thee? Little Lamb, I'll tell thee,   Little Lamb, I'll tell thee! He is calléd by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb. He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child. I a child & thou a lamb, We are calléd by his name.   Little Lamb, God bless thee!   Little Lamb, God bless thee! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG6dExraCLg

  4. The Tyger Tyger! Tyger! burning bright   In the forests of the night,  What immortal hand or eye  Could frame thy fearful symmetry?   In what distant deeps or skies   Burnt the fire of thine eyes?  On what wings dare he aspire?  What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?  And when thy heart began to beat,  What dread hand? & what dread feet? What the hammer? what the chain? In what furnace was thy brain? What the anvil? what dread grasp  Dare its deadly terrors clasp?    When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears,  Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the Lamb make thee?   Tyger! Tyger! burning bright   In the forests of the night,  What immortal hand or eye,   Dare frame thy fearful symmetry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUQcQ_5IeQ

  5. Repetition/Meter The Lamb vs. The Tyger Nursery Rhyme vs. Intense Drilling Beet Innocents vs. Darkness • Meter: a rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables which are organized into patterns • Repetition: the return of a word, phrase, stanza form, or effect in any form of literature

  6. Works Cited "Explanation: The Lamb." EXPLORING Poetry. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Bronze. Gale. North Allegheny Senior High School. 11 May. 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T008&prodId=SRC-3&docId=EJ2114706950&source=gale&srcprod=SRCS&userGroupName=pl2552&version=1.0>. "Explanation: The Tyger." EXPLORING Poetry. Online ed. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center - Bronze. Gale. North Allegheny Senior High School. 11 May. 2009 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T008&prodId=SRC-3&docId=EJ2114730191&source=gale&srcprod=SRCS&userGroupName=pl2552&version=1.0>. "William Blake." Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 47. Gale Group, 2003. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC

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