LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ROMANTIC ERA ENGLISH LITERATURE
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an artist
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wrote “The Lamb” and “Songs of Innocence”
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wrote “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
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wrote “The Chimney Sweeper”
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was the most spiritual of the Romantic poets
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Blake is considered to be one of the greatest visionaries of the early Romantic era. In addition to writing such poems as “The Lamb” and “The Tyger, ” Blake was primarily occupied as an engraver and watercolour artist. Today Blake’s poetic genius has largely outstripped his visual artistic renown.
Detailed explanation-4: -William Blake’s Most Famous Work Blake’s most well-known work is probably the collection Songs of Innocence and Experience. The collection known as the Songs of Innocence was first produced in 1789. In 1794, Blake combined them with another set of poems called Songs of Experience.