A Matter of Life an Death Abstract In this poem William Blake at the beginning speaks about an angel, who was singing in the small hours every day. An angel was singing all day about mercy, pity, peace, which is the world? s release. Angel was positive feature. He tried to help people. His voice is really beautiful and people feel good during his singing. Devil cursed mercy, pity and peace, because he saw all men are happy in the world and they don? t need any mercy, pity or peace. At a devil? s curse the sun went down and it started heavy rain for three days.
Devil do not know people, what they need. Devil is baddy. He try to destroy all the world. People have to have faith in God. Only He is the one, who is able to save people. They are trying, but it is not easy, devil is always here. People are all the time waiting for God? s salvation. Introduction William Blake? s life I have chosen this really interesting poem written by William Blake, who was both a mystic and visionary poet and the poetry of Blake is a reflection of his own inner vision. The poem, which I have chosen shown it too.
Daniel Rops compare him with Ezekiel, who said: „the Spirit lifted me up… and in vision of God he took me“ Blake was one of the greatest poets of Romantic Age, Blake? s influence has spread to the poetry of the twentieth century, as well as to his contemporaries. He was born in Broad Street in 1757, son a London hosier. Apprenticed at an early age to an engraver. Blake was employed in 1779 by the bookseller J. Johnson. In 1782 he married Cathrine Boucher, which was to be a lasting, though childless, union. He published his first volume, Poetical Sketcher, in 1783 and set up a print shop a year after.
As a young boy William Blake had an illumining mystical experience. Throughout his life he maintained this otherworldly quality and most significantly was able to experience and see the divine in and through “ordinary” human experiences. Yet Blake himself believed that his writings were of national importance and that they could be understood by a majority of men. Far from being an isolated mystic, Blake lived and worked in the teeming metropolis of London at a time of great social and political change that profoundly influenced his writing. During his lifetime Blake? poetry and art remained unappreciated by the public and was widely misinterpreted, and he was to spend the last years in relative obscurity leading up to his death in 1827. A Matter of Life an Death The poem “I heard an angel” or “I heard an angel singing” speaks about good and evil. When people do good and they praestare, even though it is not everything good. There are still more and more evil in the world. Do you ever wonder if there’s any goodness left in the world? I mean, if you listen to, read, or watch the news daily, you might start to wonder, “Is there anything good happening in the world today? ” Of course, there is…
Is it much easier to do something big and bad than it is to do something big and good? For example, perhaps many Americans consider dropping the bomb on Hiroshima “good” whereas many Japanese consider it “evil. ” Some people don? t know what they do. They don? t have any time for anything. They are always running anywhere. And that? s why they don? t see beauty of the world. It? s easy, we just have to stop our life. Think about everything… “And all must love the human form in heathen, turk, or jew;Where Mercy, Love, & Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. ” This part of Blake? poems is from “The Devine Image. ” It is a little similar like poem “I heard an angel singing. ” He has a almost everything poems about visions. “God is charity: and he that abides in charity abides in God, and God in him. ” And this is good idea, who said God. And I thank him for life… Conclusion Now I know, only by learning from our own mistakes we can get better and we can have a good life without big problems. And with God is everything possible. In conclusion of my paper I would like to write something more about William Blake, who was really fascinated man. And I have respect for him.
Blake was a great visionary who saw mystical worlds beyond the ordinary perceptions of many people. For this, many of his contemporaries though of him as insane or at least eccentric. During his lifetime he lived in relative obscurity and was never rich. However with the passing of time the world has come to recognise his poetry as having extraordinary vision and imagination and he is rightly revered as a great Seer
English Question
8-10 Pages.This project begins with a scenario: you are part of a community group formed around a shared concern about a similar Globalization-related issue. Through your Annotated Bibliography and Literature Review, you have gained a strong general knowledge about that particular issue. Now it’s time to put that knowledge to work. As a member of your committee, it is your task to find outlets for community outreach. Using the secondary research you’ve already conducted as a jumping-off point, you must now conduct new research investigating how the issues regarding Globalization you have been learning about manifest locally.