ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -William Blake’s significance in the Romantic movement came late in the 19th century, after what is officially considered the Romantic period. Born 1757 in London, his recognition as an artist and poet of worth began when Blake was in his sixties.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Blake is considered a Romantic poet because his poems exemplified the characteristics of Romantic poetry. They were lyrical, or song-like, due to his use of imagery and conscious word choice. Many of his poems focus on nature and emotion, which are two characteristics of Romantic poetry.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blake’s use of images, symbols, metaphors and revolutionary spirit combined with simple diction and spontaneous expression of thoughts and emotions make him a typically bridge poet who can be categoriesd as the last of the pre romantic poet and one of the first romantic poets in the history of English Literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blake’s poetry features many characteristics of the romantic spirit-in the importance he attached to imagination, in his mysticism and symbolism, in his love of liberty, in his humanitarian sympathies, in his idealization of childhood, in the pastoral setting of many of his poems, and in his lyricism.