This introduction to the poetry of William Blake ranges from his early lyrics, such as "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", to his later prophetic work.
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This review is from: Blake: Selected Poetry (Poetry Library, Penguin) (Paperback)
Consider the last stanza of Blake's "The Scoffers"
"The atoms of Democritus And Newton's particles of light Are sands upon the Red Sea shore, Where Israel's tents do shine so bright." Or consider the first stanza of " A Poison Tree" "I am 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." In these two small selections it is possible to see a good part of what defines the essence of Blake's greatness. The music of the verses, their hypnotic power which makes them so easily subject to memorization, the element of original thought, or idiosyncratic new perception, the psychological acuity the revolutionary kind of religious faith and social message, the aphoristic intensity, all these taken together define some of the elements of Blake's greatness, a greatness which is richly represented in this anthology.
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Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: Pipe a song about a Lamb: So I piped with merry chear. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Lamb of God, Mundane Shell, Divine Vision, One Man, Songs of Innocence, Daughters of Beulah, Little Lamb, Natural Religion, Covering Cherub, Druid Temples, Great Eternity, Nations of the Earth, City of Golgonooza, Grey Monk, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, London Stone, Satan's Seat, Twenty-seven Heavens, Albion's Guardian, Albion's Tree, Beulah's Daughters, Covenant of Jehovah, Los's Messenger, Merrily Merrily New!
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Piping down the valleys wild Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: Pipe a song about a Lamb: So I piped with merry chear. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dismal woe, starry wheels, infant joy, human form divine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lamb of God, Mundane Shell, Divine Vision, One Man, Songs of Innocence, Daughters of Beulah, Little Lamb, Natural Religion, Covering Cherub, Druid Temples, Great Eternity, Nations of the Earth, City of Golgonooza, Grey Monk, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, London Stone, Satan's Seat, Twenty-seven Heavens, Albion's Guardian, Albion's Tree, Beulah's Daughters, Covenant of Jehovah, Los's Messenger, Merrily Merrily New!
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- The Magical Worlds of Philip Pullman by David Colbert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Milton and Modernity: Politics, Masculinity and "Paradise Lost" by Matthew Jordan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Reclaiming Childhood: Letting Children Be Children in Our Achievement-Oriented Society by William Crain in Back Matter
- The Unpredictable Past: Explorations in American Cultural History by Lawrence W. Levine in Back Matter
- Romantic Literature (Contexts) by Jennifer Breen on page 101
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