Blake imagination, characters from the Bible, and mocks themes from the Bible in his work. His poems can be very hard to understand at first glace. It takes time and effort to figure out a meaning. I had troubles with his poems and then trying to relating them to the Bible because I am not that familiar with the Bible. Art work he created can help the reader understand the meanings to his poems and get an idea of how to imagine his poetry. Something I found interesting in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell was he used characters from the Bible and told stories of his journey and time spent with them.
Such as in A Memorable Fancy, Blake described his night when he dined with Isaiah and Ezekiel, prophets from the Bible. He had asked them questions and they would answer back. Blake goes in detail about the visions or dreams he has. Where he not only dined with prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel but an angel came to him. He spent much time with this angle discussing their view points upon things. Later he meets the Devil. He also has a conversation with the Devil about Jesus and God. The Devil questions Jesus and what he was quoting “Jesus as all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.” Blake refers to the Devil as his “particular friend” and they would often read the Bible together. There view upon it though is quite different then how most Christians would read it. Blake and his Devil friend would take the words from the Bible and understand them as a reference to hell or evil meanings. They had a Bible of Hell that they would not share with the world.
Blake made a very big statement suggested in his poems during the late eighteen and early nineteenth century, he an issue with the Bible and what it said. That become obvious in The Voices of the Devil when he articulates the three errors that are stored in the Bible. He does give controversies that are true. In The Marriage of Hell Blake gives his interpretations of the Bible. How he thinks it should be taken form the words written within it. This is similar to all his poems and art work. It can be very interesting to read if someone is willing to view his poetry in the way he intended, but yet still use ones own imaginations.
Our group of kids from Mr. Turner's period 5 English class have decided to use blogspot.com to create a blog about the William Blake’s poem: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. We will be finding different articles, videos, and other facts, and describe you what we thought of it, what we think it means, and how it relates to the poem.
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Nature and a Soul
“What’s your favorite part about life?” a teammate once asked me at cross country practice. I looked up at the clouds for an answer. It wasn’t what most people call a nice day. Gray overcast with light rain, not too bright and not too dark. This is the kind of weather I love running in. The first thing I thought was honestly, I don’t know. “Really?” he responded. Yeah, I didn’t know my favorite part about of life. The next couple of long busy days passed and every day at practice, while I was running, I would think; what is my favorite part about life? Looking up to the cloudy overcast sky as if to, yet again, get an answer I saw tress. Oh yes, I had forgotten I was in the forest at that moment. I wasn’t running alone but I wasn’t close to anyone. I heard the birds singing from above me. The wind blew through the tress and underbrush around me. My foot step pushed against the ground and gravity pushed back upon my foot simultaneously. I felt the Earths broken fragments from the forest crunch and crackle from under me.
Nature always seem so peaceful, it’s away from the world of advanced technology and so many evil people in the city. I’ve always enjoyed nature. Looks simple and dull but at the same time complex with colors and textures. Nature is like a persons soul. How they can be so perfect with their own imperfections. Quiet but yet loud with life and curiosity. They can be the most beautiful thing anyone has ever witnessed in life. If they are taken for granted or not taken care of, they could end up a disaster. With recovery and time a damaged soul and nature has hope to be like it once was before the destruction was done. Like Humpty Dumpy they can never be completely back together. At that moment I knew my answer to the question. Nature was my favorite part of life. It’s diapering faster then it should be because people are becoming more damaged. Their souls are overcome with evil. They don’t think what is best for the world and the future, but only themselves. Some souls do care and they make a good impact or difference. Nature is apart of my life and every ones on earth. I would never want to lose it. Sadly I slowly am. So I will run through nature and enjoy its simple complexity while I can. For my soul or this nature could be gone soon.
Nature always seem so peaceful, it’s away from the world of advanced technology and so many evil people in the city. I’ve always enjoyed nature. Looks simple and dull but at the same time complex with colors and textures. Nature is like a persons soul. How they can be so perfect with their own imperfections. Quiet but yet loud with life and curiosity. They can be the most beautiful thing anyone has ever witnessed in life. If they are taken for granted or not taken care of, they could end up a disaster. With recovery and time a damaged soul and nature has hope to be like it once was before the destruction was done. Like Humpty Dumpy they can never be completely back together. At that moment I knew my answer to the question. Nature was my favorite part of life. It’s diapering faster then it should be because people are becoming more damaged. Their souls are overcome with evil. They don’t think what is best for the world and the future, but only themselves. Some souls do care and they make a good impact or difference. Nature is apart of my life and every ones on earth. I would never want to lose it. Sadly I slowly am. So I will run through nature and enjoy its simple complexity while I can. For my soul or this nature could be gone soon.
Seeking More Romanticism Poets?
A Pot of Basil created by Kyla, Jenica, and Eileen is an awesome blog to check out about John Keats poem Isabella or The Pot of Basil. They write about their insights about their view of the poem, what characters could represent, and background information about John Keats that would help trying to get the meanings behind his poems. Click here to view it, Uncovering A Pot of Basil . I highly recommend you look at it!
What I like about their blog is they have a post specify on John Keats history, titled John Keats’s Life History. An insight on his early childhood, how many siblings he had, and what his parents were like. Talking about the family struggles his family and him had to deal with. I found it really interesting he was first into medical before he took part in literature. Some of Keats best work he produced after he accumulated tuberculosis and felt his time was almost up in life. Another post, Short Story of Isabella Read Aloud, has a video from Youtube. They explain it to be a “cheat sheet” for knowing what happens in The Pot of Basil by Keats. I really enjoyed the artwork on the video. They did a great job finding a legit video of the poem! Another post I enjoyed reading was Keats View of Season, where they had put Keats own words up on the post and then talked about what it meant. Isabella and Women’s Rights was a new meaning I got from the poem and what it had represented. I really liked it!
If someone was to not know much about Romanticism this site would be very helpful. Not only do they give a background post to help get to know John Keats more but they also interpret some of his work and art work. In the post about Keats View of Seasons it tells how he views seasons. Many of the classic Romanticism poets had very interesting and different views of things. They expressed them in ways that were very deep and often complex. There are still new meanings to be found in some of his poems. I think this site is a great way to get to know Keats and some of his views or symbolize in his poems. So check it out!
What I like about their blog is they have a post specify on John Keats history, titled John Keats’s Life History. An insight on his early childhood, how many siblings he had, and what his parents were like. Talking about the family struggles his family and him had to deal with. I found it really interesting he was first into medical before he took part in literature. Some of Keats best work he produced after he accumulated tuberculosis and felt his time was almost up in life. Another post, Short Story of Isabella Read Aloud, has a video from Youtube. They explain it to be a “cheat sheet” for knowing what happens in The Pot of Basil by Keats. I really enjoyed the artwork on the video. They did a great job finding a legit video of the poem! Another post I enjoyed reading was Keats View of Season, where they had put Keats own words up on the post and then talked about what it meant. Isabella and Women’s Rights was a new meaning I got from the poem and what it had represented. I really liked it!
If someone was to not know much about Romanticism this site would be very helpful. Not only do they give a background post to help get to know John Keats more but they also interpret some of his work and art work. In the post about Keats View of Seasons it tells how he views seasons. Many of the classic Romanticism poets had very interesting and different views of things. They expressed them in ways that were very deep and often complex. There are still new meanings to be found in some of his poems. I think this site is a great way to get to know Keats and some of his views or symbolize in his poems. So check it out!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Decoding The Voice of the Devil
The Voice of the Devil in “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” consist of very interesting view points that were uncommon among Europeans. What does Blake mean by his convictions upon the Bible or “sacred codes” having errors mean? His view of religion and God were based off his feelings and understandings of the Bible.
To understand what he is trying to mean in The Voice of the Devil I went line by line finding what he could have meant by them. He writes errors with in the Bible include three tings. One: man has two real existing principles: a body and a soul. Two: energy, called evil, is alone from the body and that reason, called good, is alone from the soul. Three: God will torment Man in eternity for following his energies. Breaking down this three topics I came up the conclusions that, first of all, the only reason why men are alive is because they have a body and soul, second energy, or evil, is not with the body and reason, or good, is not with the soul, third if men follow his energy God will torment them in eternity. Then he writes contraries that are true. One: Man has no body distinct from his soul for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chef inlets of soul in this age. Two: energy is the only life and is from the body and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Three: Energy is eternal delight. In other words, one: men have no difference between their body or soul because the body is apart of the soul due to the five senses and the body allows senses into his soul in the body form. Second: from the body comes energy or evil, and around that energy is reason or good. Third: energy or evil is endless pleasure.
In “Those who restrain desire…” paragraph Blake explains how one can restrain desire and that is because their desire is weak enough to restrain. The restrainer or reason soon takes control and allows the unwilling. Restraining desire by divisions will lack energy until it is only a small shadow of what it once was. Blake then refers to the Archangel of possessing as the Devil or Satan. His children being Sin and Death. Blake told how reason saw desire banished and the Devils account for Messiah to fall and form a heaven that he had taken from the abyss, or endless hole. In the last part of The Voice of the Devil starting at “This is shewn in the Gospel,…” Blake expresses how he, the Devil, had prayed to “the Father” to give him desire that reason might have ideas to build on. Blake says Father is destiny the son of the five senses and the Holy-ghost working could cause the absence of matter!
To understand what he is trying to mean in The Voice of the Devil I went line by line finding what he could have meant by them. He writes errors with in the Bible include three tings. One: man has two real existing principles: a body and a soul. Two: energy, called evil, is alone from the body and that reason, called good, is alone from the soul. Three: God will torment Man in eternity for following his energies. Breaking down this three topics I came up the conclusions that, first of all, the only reason why men are alive is because they have a body and soul, second energy, or evil, is not with the body and reason, or good, is not with the soul, third if men follow his energy God will torment them in eternity. Then he writes contraries that are true. One: Man has no body distinct from his soul for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chef inlets of soul in this age. Two: energy is the only life and is from the body and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Three: Energy is eternal delight. In other words, one: men have no difference between their body or soul because the body is apart of the soul due to the five senses and the body allows senses into his soul in the body form. Second: from the body comes energy or evil, and around that energy is reason or good. Third: energy or evil is endless pleasure.
In “Those who restrain desire…” paragraph Blake explains how one can restrain desire and that is because their desire is weak enough to restrain. The restrainer or reason soon takes control and allows the unwilling. Restraining desire by divisions will lack energy until it is only a small shadow of what it once was. Blake then refers to the Archangel of possessing as the Devil or Satan. His children being Sin and Death. Blake told how reason saw desire banished and the Devils account for Messiah to fall and form a heaven that he had taken from the abyss, or endless hole. In the last part of The Voice of the Devil starting at “This is shewn in the Gospel,…” Blake expresses how he, the Devil, had prayed to “the Father” to give him desire that reason might have ideas to build on. Blake says Father is destiny the son of the five senses and the Holy-ghost working could cause the absence of matter!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Proverbs of Hell: Understanding One Quote of Many
Understanding William Blake’s poem “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” can be difficult if one does not try to understand his meanings within the poem. I found it interesting to try and decode his meanings in the ironic metaphors or personification Blake had used in the section Proverbs of Hell. Every line has its meaning and it could be taken all sorts of ways.
At first when I read the Proverbs of Hell, without really thinking too much of the sentences’ meanings, I did not know how he had gotten the ideas about what he wrote. Nothing seemed to connect. I first liked “Eternity is in love with the productions of time”. What is that supposed to mean? So I read and reread every word trying to get the real understanding. To do so I felt it necessary to determine the meaning of the main words.
Eternity: time without end or eternal existence some religions believed is what their afterlife was. The next word, I know has many different meanings according to people, in love: having a strong liking or attempting to express love. Production: the act of producing something or the output of something. Time: the human creation to keep track of dates and organize activities easier. The meaning of this quote is the time with no end has a strong feeling for what is being made of time.
Blake had written this poem within the Enlightenment time period in Europe. This was a time for new ideas about science, life, the world, and beliefs in religion. People questioning the Catholic religion in Europe created new ideas about God to come about. Eternity is given the ability to be “in love” so I then viewed it as being able to have human qualities. With that in mind, if Eternity is endless time it might get bored with watching the same thing happen to human life. But when chaos or a disruption is made in “normal” lives Eternity now finds itself being entertained. Like an addicting television show to some people, Eternity now unable to bare to not watch. Becoming involved in witnessing the changes that occur over time. With the expansion of time the expansion of disorder and abruptness in the world occurs. Not only unfortunate themes happens with the expansion of time though also fortunate experiences. So with the more time goes on the more ideas and changes will be made. Eternity has now seen what can occur and may expect more chaos and more joy as time puts on a never ending production.
At first when I read the Proverbs of Hell, without really thinking too much of the sentences’ meanings, I did not know how he had gotten the ideas about what he wrote. Nothing seemed to connect. I first liked “Eternity is in love with the productions of time”. What is that supposed to mean? So I read and reread every word trying to get the real understanding. To do so I felt it necessary to determine the meaning of the main words.
Eternity: time without end or eternal existence some religions believed is what their afterlife was. The next word, I know has many different meanings according to people, in love: having a strong liking or attempting to express love. Production: the act of producing something or the output of something. Time: the human creation to keep track of dates and organize activities easier. The meaning of this quote is the time with no end has a strong feeling for what is being made of time.
Blake had written this poem within the Enlightenment time period in Europe. This was a time for new ideas about science, life, the world, and beliefs in religion. People questioning the Catholic religion in Europe created new ideas about God to come about. Eternity is given the ability to be “in love” so I then viewed it as being able to have human qualities. With that in mind, if Eternity is endless time it might get bored with watching the same thing happen to human life. But when chaos or a disruption is made in “normal” lives Eternity now finds itself being entertained. Like an addicting television show to some people, Eternity now unable to bare to not watch. Becoming involved in witnessing the changes that occur over time. With the expansion of time the expansion of disorder and abruptness in the world occurs. Not only unfortunate themes happens with the expansion of time though also fortunate experiences. So with the more time goes on the more ideas and changes will be made. Eternity has now seen what can occur and may expect more chaos and more joy as time puts on a never ending production.
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