William Blake Trevor Hoglund & Molly Nettum

William Blake 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. “Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.”

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

Romantic Period “The Quest for Truth and Beauty” Started with the French Revolution Industrial Revolution Ended with parliamentary reforms of 1832 King George III William IV

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,.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Awards Won Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s Literature in Caldecott Honor Award

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