V6 P1 W3 Blake

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

Basic rules

• We do our work when we should
• We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
• Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
• We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

learning goals

I can compare the two "The Chimney Sweeper" poems

I know William Blake's background

Which book are you going to read for the speaking exam?

Pride and Prejudice

Frankenstein

Romanticism

Romanticism

1798 - 1837

neoclassical period - Romantic period - Victorian period

neoclassical vs Romanticism

Age of reason: logical, common sense, Greek and Roman culture, optimism, self-confidence

turns into

Age of imagination: simplicity, emotion, individual voices, discontent with world around them

William Blake

1757-1827*

homeschooled

apprentice in engraver shop

against monarchy, sympathised with French Revolution

Imagination > reason

deeply religious, but against oppressive authority church

not successful and received mixed feedback

cyclical nature of life

with God

Child with subconscious remembrance of life with God

corruption by society

Songs of Innocence

&

Songs of experience

The Chimney Sweeper I & II

1. What does the apostrophe (ll. 2) stand for? Why is it there?
   
2. What is the ‘coffin’ an image for?
3. Comment on the religious imagery.
   
4. Comment on the difference in tone between the two poems.