Biography of William Blake

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Biography of William Blake
William Blake was a renowned poet, a remarkable painter and an excellent printmaker. He was born in 1757 and lived in London throughout his life. He was born into a large family and was the third of seven siblings. He had an interesting education time during his childhood (Hossick 13). Unlike his peers who went to traditional schools, William Blake was educated in the non-conformist way at home.
Even though William Blake became famous during the romantic era, his interest in the arts started as a child. At a very tender age, those around him easily noticed his interest in painting and drawing. Growing into a teenager, he perfected his painting skills during an internship program as an engraver. These skills further made him realize that he could equally venture into printmaking (Hossick 13). Also, during his teenage years, his interest in poetry developed and he even succeeded in his first publication of poets named ‘’poetical sketches’’ released in 1783.
His poetry works explored different types of themes. He strongly believed in providing inspiration and spiritual nourishment to the readers of his poetic works. Therefore, religion was the key theme in all his poems. He covered topics such as prophecy, morality from a religious point of view and mysticism. A gid illustration of one of his poem collections that expounded on morality from a religious point of view is "Songs of innocence and experience" which heavily contrasts how humans are innocent in their childhood days only to pick up evil and unreligious acts as they grow up into adulthood. His other collection of poems includes “marriage of heaven and hell” and “Jerusalem” (Platt 6). Besides religion, Blake's works were influenced by his creative vivid imaginations and classical mythology.
His work life as a painter and printmaker was equally interesting and phenomenal. R...