ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Although Blake struggled to make a living from his work during his lifetime his influence and ideas are possibly the strongest of all the Romantic poets.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Blake was one of the earliest Romantic Period writers. Blake believed in spiritual and political freedom and often wrote about these themes in his works. Although some of his poetry was published before the official start to the era, Blake can be seen as one of the founders of this movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -Blake, Wordsworth and Coleridge were first-generation Romantics, writing against a backdrop of war.

Detailed explanation-4: -In emphasizing the primacy of imagination, Blake was the first among the romantic poets. He says, “The world of imagination is the world of eternity.” Blake believes that man’s spiritual nature is fully realized only in imagination. For him imagination is nothing less than God.