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A Dream (Blake Poem)
"A Dream" is a poem by English poet William Blake. The poem was first published in 1789 in literature, 1789 as part of Blake's collection of poems entitled ''Songs of Innocence''. Background ''Songs of Innocence'' is a collection of 19 illustrated poems published in 1789. According to scholar Donald A. Dike, the collection does not “describe an absolute state of being or fashion an autonomous truth.” Rather, he says the poems are resistant, being “consciously against something and trying to see their way through something.” Songs of Innocence was followed by Blake's ''Songs of Experience'' in 1794. The two collections were published together under the title ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', showing the "two contrary states of the human soul.” The poem Structure and summary In this poem, Blake portrays the concepts of the return to innocence from experience. No wonder the artist thought first of including it in “Songs of Experience” at first, finally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the Romantic poetry, poetry and visual art of the Romanticism, Romantic Age. What he called his "William Blake's prophetic books, prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself". Although Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, he came to be highly regarded by later critics and readers for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1789 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1789. Events *January 22 – William Hill Brown's anonymous sentimental epistolary novel '' The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature'', usually considered the first American novel, is published in Boston. *February 7 – Première of John Philip Kemble's production of Shakespeare's ''Coriolanus'' with himself in the title rôle and his sister Sarah Siddons as Volumnia, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London. *May 21 – Tomás António Gonzaga is arrested for complicity in the Inconfidência Mineira in Brazil. *May 26 – Friedrich Schiller gives his first lecture as professor of history and philosophy at Jena. *November 1 – Robert Burns informs friends that he has been appointed an exciseman in Scotland. *December – Première of Olympe de Gouges's abolitionist play ''Zamore et Mirza'' (written 1784; published 1788) as ''L'Esclavage des nègres'' ("Slavery of the negroes"); shut down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Innocence
''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'' separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the two sets of poems into a volume titled ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul''. Even after beginning to print the poems together, Blake continued to produce individual volumes for each of the two sets of poetry. Blake was also a painter before the creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' and he engraved, hand-printed, and colored detailed art to accompany each of the poems in ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. This unique art helps tell the story of each poem, and was part of Blake's original vision for how each poem should be understood. Blake was heavily inspired by children's literature and juvenile education in his creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience, Copy L, 1795 (Yale Center For British Art) 15-26 A Dream
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Experience
''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'' separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the two sets of poems into a volume titled ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul''. Even after beginning to print the poems together, Blake continued to produce individual volumes for each of the two sets of poetry. Blake was also a painter before the creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' and he engraved, hand-printed, and colored detailed art to accompany each of the poems in ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. This unique art helps tell the story of each poem, and was part of Blake's original vision for how each poem should be understood. Blake was heavily inspired by children's literature and juvenile education in his creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience, Copy AA, 1826 (The Fitzwilliam Museum) Object 26 Dream
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blake Archive
The William Blake Archive is a digital humanities project started in 1994, a first version of the website was launched in 1996.{{cite journal, last1=Crawford, first1=Kendal, last2=Levy, first2=Michelle, journal=RIDE: A Review Journal for Digital Editions and Resources, date = February 2017, issue = 5, title = The William Blake Archive, doi = 10.18716/ride.a.5.5 The project is sponsored by the Library of Congress and supported by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Rochester.{{Cite web, url = http://www.blakearchive.org/blake/site.info.html, publisher = The William Blake Archive, title = The William Blake Archive Site Info, access-date = March 19, 2013, date = June 14, 2011 Inspired by the Rossetti Archive, the archive provides digital reproductions of the various works of William Blake, a prominent Romantic-period poet, artist, and engraver, alongside annotation, commentary and scholarly materials related to Blake.{{cite journal, title = Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poems About Dreams
Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in place of, Denotation, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet. Poets use a variety of techniques called poetic devices, such as assonance, alliteration, Phonaesthetics#Euphony and cacophony, euphony and cacophony, onomatopoeia, rhythm (via metre (poetry), metre), and sound symbolism, to produce musical or other artistic effects. They also frequently organize these effects into :Poetic forms, poetic structures, which may be strict or loose, conventional or invented by the poet. Poetic structures vary dramatically by language and cultural convention, but they often use Metre (poetry), rhythmic metre (patterns of syllable stress or syllable weight, syllable (mora) weight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
