is The Marriage of Heaven and Hell a book or a poem?

Question

its written by william blake and i was wondering, is it a book or a poem?!?!?!?!?

Answer 1

All of William Blake's written works (except one) were published as illuminated books, which he designed and "printed," using his own unique process. Except for The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, all of these illuminated books were either collections of lyric poems (such as, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience) or long "prophetic" works, sometimes called epics (such as Milton and Jerusalem).

However, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell stands on its own. It cannot be easily classified as any one literary "type." Its twenty-seven illuminated plates include some free form poems (Plate 2 "The Argument" and Plates 25-27 "A Song of Liberty"), proverbs (the most famous and often quoted section, "Proverbs of Hell," Plates 7-9), and a number of prose "memorable fancies" (for example, "walking among the fires of hell," Plates 6-7; "Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel dined with me," Plates 12-13; and "a Printing House in Hell," Plate 15; as well as several others).

I suppose if you were forced to assign this unique book to a conventional genre, it would be satire, but Blake would probably prefer some term such as "apocalyptic vision." In it he attacks the failures, indeed the outright evils, of institutional religiosity. "Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion." His ironic conception of "hell" and "marriage" undermines the orthodox religious tenets of his day. "Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius." Perhaps the best summary statement of the theme that unifies this work is stated in two proverbs that seem to be thrown in at the bottom of plates: "Opposition is true Friendship" Plate 20, and "One Law for the Lion & Ox is Oppression" Plate 24.

Answer 2

Heaven

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It's a book-length, illustrated poem by William Blake. People often refer to epic poems or a series of poems as a book. For example, Beowulf is one poem, but it's also a book because of its length, and Lyrical Ballads is a book full of poetry by Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Answer 5

Marriage of Heaven and Hell
... the Marriage of Heaven and Hell please go see Joy Brunetti's page on the poem. ... the Marriage of Heaven and Hell Blake addresses the same issues as in the Book of Thel. ...home.sandiego.edu/~ntempel/heaven_hell.html - 20k - Cached - More from this site - Save

There you go:-)

Answer 6

I've read it before. It is a book