AMONG the clearly discernible qualities of Blake's work, intensity of visualization and simplicity of expression occupy the foreground. The former is the chief mark of his genius as a whole.

Blake wrote “Songs of Innocence” (peace) and “Songs of Experience” (corruption). “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” is a book where he illustrates his principal of world, the theory of ...

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water’d it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned ...

Students examine William Blake's poem "A Poison Tree" and drawing Satan Exulting over Eve, analyzing the symbolism, metaphors, and imagery used. They identify themes explored in the poem and drawing ...

A medal to be given for the most distiguished contribution to children's literature produced during the preceding calendar year.

William Blake is today exal­ted as one of the greatest British artists. His life mask is in the National Portrait Gallery, while a bust sits in Westminster Abbey. His poem “The Tyger” is ...

Now widely celebrated for his boundless imagination and unique vision, the printmaker, painter, and poet William Blake (British, 1757–1827) spent his life in relative obscurity. Beyond his traditional ...

Blake Morrison (b. 1950) is probably best known for his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993) and Things My Mother Never Told Me (2002), but he began his career as a poet and critic.

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water’d it in fears, Night and morning with my tears; And I sunned ...

On 24th November 1957 a larger than life size bronze bust to the poet, painter and engraver William Blake was unveiled in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey. It is fixed to a pillar and is by the ...