Facts about William Blake

Answer 1

· William Blake was born November 28 1757 and he died augest 12 1827

· He was gifted in philosophy poetry and art.

· Blake told people that he had mystical visions in his life. When he was only four years old, he said he had seen God, who had put up his head on the window; and when he was nine years old, he saw a tree full of angels. Many people who heard him speak this way thought that he was delusional.

· Because of these encounters, the image of the angel would be a constant symbol in William Blake's life

· Blake was born into a middle class family

· Blake did not attend school instead his mother taught him at home

· The Bible was a huge influence to blake

· Blake became a professional engraver at age 21

· Blake was married to Catherine Boucher

· Blake married the illiterate Catherine Boucher and then he taught her how to read and write and also make drafts so that they could work together. He even had plans to publish along with her. She played an important role in his life.

· Blake wrote several poems about mythology, satires, politics and prophecies.

· William Blake Clamed that he had powers of prophecy. When an engraver was introduced to him by his father, William saw a vision of the man being hanged as he did not like his face. Later on, it was proved that the engraver was indeed false as he was sent to the gallows for excessive debt and forgery. Blake had many talents

· Blake was not only just a poet he was also a painter and a printmaker.

· Blake learnt several languages like Hebrew, Latin, Italian and Greek so that he could read literary works in their original language.

· When Blake passed away, his so-called insanity was praised by William Wordsworth, who said that there was more to Blake's insanity than Lord Byron's or Walter Scott's sanity. Surprisingly, many of his fans, peers and friends who knew him well had a similar opinion.

· As you can tell, William Blake was considered eccentric by everyone he knew. England almost wrote him off as delusional and insane. While he was composing his poetry, his work did not gain recognition. Only after his death and when a dear friend of his released his poems, he became popular.

· Blake had a unique style of writing and he would always use two contradictory words in his works. For example, heaven and hell, spirit and reason and so on. His work had a unique dichotomy. Today, several poets copy this style in their own poetry.

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