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William Blake

William Blake. Trevor Hoglund & Molly Nettum. William Blake. 1757-1827 Born in London Home Schooled He married Catherine Boucher No Children. William Blake. Began artistic training at the age of 10. Printed his poetry himself using engraving methods he created.

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William Blake

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  1. William Blake Trevor Hoglund & Molly Nettum

  2. William Blake • 1757-1827 • Born in London • Home Schooled • He married Catherine Boucher • No Children

  3. William Blake • Began artistic training at the age of 10. • Printed his poetry himself using engraving methods he created. • “Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”

  4. At 14, started 7 year apprenticeship engraving. • Charged with sedition after treasonable remarks against king.

  5. Romantic Period • “The Quest for Truth and Beauty” • 1798-1832 • Started with the French Revolution • Industrial Revolution • Ended with parliamentary reforms of 1832 • King George III 1760-1820 • William IV 1830-1837

  6. The Chimney Sweeper By: William Blake • When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue,
Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep,
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.

Theres little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head
That curled like a lambs back was shav'd, so I said.
Hush Tom never mind it, for when your head's bare,
You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair

And so he was quiet. & that very night.
As Tom was a sleeping he had such a sight
That thousands of sweepers Dick, Joe, Ned, & Jack
Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black,

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And by came an Angel who had a bright key
And he open'd the coffins & set them all free.
Then down a green plain leaping laughing they run
And wash in a river and shine in the Sun.

Then naked & white, all their bags left behind.
They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind.
And the Angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,
He'd have God for his father & never want joy.

And so Tom awoke and we rose in the dark
And got with our bags & our brushes to work.
Tho' the morning was cold, Tom was happy & warm. So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

  8. Onomonapia • “Hush, Tom! Never mind it, for when your head’s bare, You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.” • The word hush used in this quotation is a literary device called onomonapia.

  9. Repetition • “Could scarcely cry ‘weep! ‘weep! ‘weep!” • This quotation uses a literary device called repetition.

  10. Rhyming • In every 4-line stanza, the 1st and 2nd line rhyme, and the 3rd and 4th line rhyme.

  11. Simile • “That curled like a lamb’s back,” • This quotation uses a literary device called a simile.

  12. Alliteration • “Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run,” • This quotation uses alliteration as a literary device.

  13. Influence • Influenced many Romantic poets with recurring themes of: • good and evil • heaven and hell • knowledge and innocence • external reality versus inner.

  14. Awards • Won Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s Literature in 1982. • Caldecott Honor Award

  15. Citations "William Blake." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. N.P. Web. 09 Feb. 2011. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/116>. "The Chimney Sweeper a Poem by William Blake." Famous Poetry Online. N.P. Web. 09 Feb. 2011. <http://www.poetry-online.org/blake_the_chimney_sweeper.htm>.

  16. Beers, G. Kylene, and Lee Odell. "The Romantics." Holt Elements of Literature :. Vol. 6th Course. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007. 718-33. Print. Essentials of British and World Literature. "ALA | Johnnewberymedal." ALA | Home - American Library Association. N.P. Web. 09 Feb. 2011. <http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/johnnewberymedal.cfm>.

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