The works of William Blake

William Blake is now regarded as one of the most influential poets, but he was not always viewed that way. He was born in London, England in 1757. He attended school until he was ten, but then finished his education at home with his mother. He later got married and started his writing and engraving career. He wrote against the beliefs in science and math, that were coming out at the time. He is now known as a romantic poet for his writing that he did throughout his life.


Blake had many views and ideas that went against the common belief, and for this he was looked down on by some of his peers. He had "revolutionary mindset" many people believe. He came up with his own version of Christian mythology. He changed how many people believed in the way God was viewed. He had  many ideas that made people question how well they believed. This still happens to this day, and some of his poems are so controversial and influential that establishments can get in trouble for making their students or employees read them.


I really enjoyed reading Blake for this reason. When pieces of work get banned it makes the read more interesting. It can make you look for a hidden massage in the piece of work that you would not usually try to find. William Blake became so famous after his death, as is the case with many poets and scholars. Because of the mindset that William Blake had when writing, he was able to create pieces of work that are studied all around the world almost two hundred years later. If an author can still have that big of a following that much later, there must be an important message hidden in the text. By knowing this it makes the works of Blake so much more interesting.


The way Blake writes creates a mixed emotion in most people. Many want to deny what he says right away, but others who read deeper and try to get a grasp on what he is saying can become so much wiser and more knowledgeable. By reading a lot of Blake ones skill to reveal these hidden meanings could become so great that they could take it to almost any other authors works and find it. Blake is a great place go start doing this because he hides meanings in text very well, and also very often.