How do william blake's poems captivate and influence the readers?

Question

I am writing a research paper about william blake and my thesis statemeant is William blake was an outstanding poet who captivates his reader and is admired toady as one of teh greatest british writers. My teacher said i need more information about how he captivates his readers... PLEASE HELP!


Oh and for the jerk who answered first... i have been doing PLENTY of research about william blake and i am asking this question to get other peoples opinions my essay is already written. Why did you even bother answering the question if you arent going to help.. you just completely wasted my time reading your rude answer. If you dont think i should use the answers i get from this question in my paper you shouldnt have bothered answering my question.

Answer 1

Read some and find out for yourself. That's not meant to be a sassy answer - but if someone's set you this question as an assignment and you parrot something you've got off the net without direct experience yourself, your answers will be easily spotted as fake the first time you're asked a question.

Answer 2

I think your teacher was pointing out that "captivating" the reader is a purely subjective idea, with little evidenciary support. But, I will say that Blake definitely had my attention from the first reading of "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." I grew up in a very strict Christian home, and I found it really bizarre that this writer from centuries ago was asking the very same questions about divinity that I struggled with.

Also a discovery of Blake led me to Byron, Shelley, and Coleridge. I hold several passages from Coleridge's "Biographia Literaria" close to my heart.

Historically, Blake was considered a heretic for his work, and definitely did not "captivate" his peers until he was quite old and considered mad by the establishment.

Answer 3

If you could listen to as many of The Doors' songs in which the concept, 'doors of perception' are open when we write, you will understand the influence William Blake has on Jim Morrison.

If you read some of the material Blake wrote about you will comprehend the term "transpersonalism" which is a word coined by Blake, used for describing the thought process that involves thinking across all dimensions of thought, conscious, subconscious and even unconscious. Harnessing the power of dreams, reflection, contemplation, analysis and imagination, one can face all challenges posed at them and learn to live the full 'life experience'.

Morrison used the power behind peyote, Blake used the power behind the pen !

sharing the light,
Erica aka 'enlightenedpsych2'