William BlakeBy Abby Bond

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William Blake

About Blake

William Blake was born November 28, 1757 and died August 12, 1827. He write during the period of Romanticism and wasn’t well recognized during his lifetime.

His Influence

The genre of the graphic novel and fantasy art can be traced back to Blake.

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His works include but are not limited to Love’s Secrets, A Divine Image, Ah! Sunflower, The Tyger, and Infant Joy.

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Collections

William Blake has 3 main collections.

The Tyger

Songs of Experience

Songs Of Innocence

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Love’s Secret

Meaning

Love’s Secret follows a different theme than most of Blake’s poetry. It follows a theme of freedom, the freedom from jealousy, affection, desire and want. The poem address the freedom a person has when they remain “silent and invisible” and don’t let their feelings for someone else be known.When the speaker tells his beloved, he is rejected, leaving the reader with the impression that love is better left alone.

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Usually Blake used a 4 stanza poem scheme. In Love’s Secret, he cuts out a stanza and uses a 3 stanza-4 verses scheme with a rhyme of A_B_A_B.

He uses a vivid use of metaphors, and personification. Death in this poem was called a “traveler” who “took her with a sigh” soon after she rejected the poor man who poured out his love to her.

Poetry Elements Found in Love’s Secret

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The Sick Rose

Meaning

The “sick rose” refers to a sick lover that is under attack from an “invisible worm” that is destroying the lover in the darkness of the night. The “worm” is destroying the love between the two lovers. The relationship is dying because of there is another element being added to the relationship. The love experienced a sickness of between more than just two lovers.

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Poetry Elements Found in The Sick Rose

The Sick Rose is divided in two stanzas and has a rhyme scheme of A_B_A_B C_D_C_D.

He uses personification and metaphor’s in this poem as well for the “rose” or lover, is sick and is being destroyed by the “worm” that has found its way into the lover’s bed.

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Works Cited

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/william-

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/

http://mural.uv.es/jesheres/poesia3.html

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