Blakes View of the Church, Government, and God :: William Blake Poetry Poems Essays

Blakes View of the Church, Government, and GodWilliam Blake 1757-1827 was born is Soho, London. He lived in Londonthroughout most of his life and during his life witnessed many thingsthat affected him. piece of music walking through London Blake had a long timeto think. He acknowledged that England was a in truth rich and powerfulcountry and then wondered why poverty was still in existence. Blakedid not go to school but he was taught at home using references fromthe Holy Bible. Blake was highly critical of the church the governmentand God because he thought that they could do more to end poverty hewas also critical of the injustices that were exposed upon society. Hewas a very religious man he had a great deal of influence from theHoly Bible. He believed that the soul was split up into two halves,good and bad. He created four visions from which he saw the world.After witnessing the poverty and inequalities that were in LondonBlake translated them into highly meaningful and signific ant poetry.He also displayed his thoughts as forms of art Blake was a keenartist and worked as an engraver in Westminster Abbey. Blake did notenjoy seeing poverty but what he hated seeing the most were childrenor babies having to causa the harsh realities. He believed them to besigns of innocence and was disgusted when they were exploited.I have no nameJoy is my nameSweet joy befall thee.These be lines taken from Blakes poem Infant Joy they clearlydisplay Blakes love of children. The poem is showing a new born violatewho is happy and full of life. The first sentence where the baby hasno name could mean that the baby could not be placed into any categoryof visions. At present the baby is in two fold visions which is whereit could move into three fold vision and live a good life witheducation and happiness. instead the baby could move into singlevision which is a harsh life where the baby would be repressed. Thebaby then calls itself joy so that it can be happy and live a joyfulli fe. The last line shows that the mother is wishing the baby a lifefull of joy. This poem, Infant Joy, has been taken from a collectionof poems called Songs of Innocence. Songs of Innocence and Songsof Experience are two collections of poems that were written byBlake. They are Blakes most famous poem collections and they onlyfound popularity afterwards his death.Blake uses examples of contrast in his work, from his vision we can