10 points about why William Blake wrote poetry!?

Question

im studying on this poet, and im find out alot about his life, and reading many of his poems, but i cant understand why he wrote poems. can anyone tell me about why William Blake wrote poetry!

Answer 1

He had many visions of supernatural creatures throughout his life. His creativity and intellect set him apart as one of the greatest writers of his age. He wrote because that's how he expressed himself best.

Answer 2

William Blake wrote poetry so other poets and poetry lovers would read and appreciate them

William Blake. 1757-1827,British painter,engraver,poet,and mystic,a leading figure in the romantic period. His visionary,symblic songs include Songs of Innocence 1789 and Songs of Experince 1794. He engraved the text and illustrations for his works and hand coloured them,mostly in watercolour. He also illustrated works by others,including the poet Milton,and created a highly personal style.

Answer 3

I think Wm. Blake wrote poetry for the same reason that many of us do, to release something that is inside, regardless of whether anyone else reads it or appreciates it. It has to do with "I think this, I feel this, and there is a need to have a venue for it.

Answer 4

William Blake wrote poetry to expess himself.

Answer 5

Another ten points if the answer includes why Pablo Picasso chose to paint. Why Victor Hugo chose to write novels. And why Tennessee Williams wrote plays.

Answer 6

Latinate poetry is one that is learned, erudite, it creates a language divorced from the common speaker and, so, creates the first necessary ingredient of poetry, obscurity, ambiguity, paradox. Yet, this is false obscurity, false ambiguity, false paradox, it seeks to create those effects not by use of language, but type of language- it depends wholly on the unlearnedness of the reader, and fails when readers are as well read in Latin as the author.

Answer 7

He had messages that he wanted to communicate and he could best express them in poetic form! Remember the novel form as we know the genre today was non-existent then. The epic and drama could not capture convey hismessage adequately. Poetic verse won his heart as the best expressive form!!

Answer 8

I doubt it's that complex. He wrote poetry because he wanted to, and he happened to be good at it.

Answer 9

I just found this quote from him:
"I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans;
I will not reason and compare: my business is to create."

Good, eh? Well, I think it is, anyway.

Answer 10

Any artist do what they do to express their emotions of how they view the world or the situation they are in at that time.