WILLIAM BLAKE AND ROBERT BURNS


 WILLIAM  BLAKE (1757 - 1827) :

                                                                                  William blake is arguably the greatest english poet after milton. he had vision even as a child and was deeply interested in philosophy and the contemporary theological debates . an extremely well-read man especially in mysticism and occult philosophies.
                    Blake's poetry heralds a whole new era. his poetry also appropriates and rework myths , traditions and symbols from various sources swedenborgian mysticism , christianity , renaissance art , european and english poets and religious poetry . blake's poetry must be read with his visuals to get a more complete sense of his vision . he also wrote heavily symbolic poetry which is often difficult to comprehend, especially in his prophetic books.blake is also a poet who anticipates the romantic emphasis on poetic imagination. 

NOTABLE WORKS :

Between 1793 and 1795 blake produced a remarkable collection of illuminated works that have come to be known as the "minor prophecies" in europe 1794 , the first book of urizen 1794 , the book of los 1795, the songs of los 1795, and the book of ahania 1795 blake develops the major outlines of his universal mythology. at the time of his death he was working on a set of illustration for Dante's Divine Comedy which are now considered amongst his best work. 
> His most famous collection of poetry : " songs of innocence and experience "
                       > "Sick rose" is another in this poem the rose is sick and the poem implies that love is also sick as well.

                       All of blake's themes were expressed in difficult symbolic modes. blake's visual,enormously thought provoking, add to the glorious power of his thought.




ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796) :

Robert burns was passionate believer in the idea of community. making the scottish farmer his hero, burns sought to portray a generous picture of rural life. while he recognized the benefits of scotland's union with england, he was also a supporter of scottish nationalism. he therefore wrote in the scot vernacular rather than in english. his first volume of verse is significantly titled poems," chiefly in the scottish dialect" 1786 adapting the folk and oral traditions of scotland , burns described farming life , while being keenly aware of the exploitative class mechanism that prevailed in the countryside. a sense of piety is also clearly visible in his work.


NOTABLE WORKS :

>" Auld lang syne",perhaps burn's most famous work, is one of the most widely sung songs of the english language .



> "tam o'shanter"published in 1791. a rollicking mock - epic poem about farmer tam who encounters a coven of witches. 



Burn's poetry drew upon a substantial familiarity with and knowledge of classical, biblical, and english literature ,as well as the scottish makar tradition . 

Reference :
     History of English literature by pramod nayar. 
 https:// www.poetryfoundation.org
   

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