William Blake1757-1827

William Blake

• William Blake endured some failures along his path to being a poet.

• He was partly influenced because of the school he attended, and his early jobs.

• Some notable works are “The Book of Thel” and “Tyger”

A Dream

“A Dream” is a poem about an emmet, or ant, that has lost the way. She is sad, and then something happens. A glow-worm shows the emmet the way by using its light. A beetle uses his hum to guide the emmet. The glow-worm and the beetle are God. Showing the way for the lost person.

The Blossom

“The Blossom” is a poem about two birds. The blossom is just watching the two birds. One is a sparrow, the sparrow seems to be happy “swift as an arrow”

The other bird is a robin. The robin isn’t as happy as the sparrow. The blossom can hear the robin sobbing. I think the blossom feels sorry for the robin.

Poetry Elements

• These poems have some rhyming to them.

• They are both shorter poems that have some meaning.

• The poem “The Blossom” has some alliteration talking about the pretty birds.

Works Cited

• http://www.poemhunter.com/i/ebooks/pdf/william_blake_2004_9.pdf