What employment did William Blake train for?

Answer 1

The London poet William Blake's father was a hosier, that means a stockings and socks maker and they were poor. We can guess what employment he was trained for. He got no schooling. His mother taught him to read and write. But his father encouraged his artistic talents and he grew up as a very good painter. To this mysterious visionary, every object in this world had meaning. When he took to writing poems, he was far different from the other poets of the Eighteenth century but there were only a few to read his poems. But there has been a famous comment in the literary world then: 'Donne is out, Blake is in'. William Blake is considered one of the greatest influences on modern poetry.