William Blake

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This paper discusses the literary works of William Blake. The paper contends that Blake's poems appeal to most people because they provide a unique look at human nature and society in optimistic and pessimistic terms. The paper explains that Blake used this approach because he believed that people need both sides to see the whole truth. The paper examines two of Blake's poems, "The Little Boy Lost" and "The Little Boy Found".

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"William Blake was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books (Blunt, 1959). Misunderstanding shadowed his career as a writer and artist and only later generations recognized and valued his importance as a poet. William Blake's best poems are found in Songs of Innocence and Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, which was published in 1794. In general, Blake's poems appeal to most people because they provide a unique look at human nature and society in optimistic and pessimistic terms. Blake used this approach because he believed that people need both sides to see the whole truth."

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