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Describe, in your own words, why Blake is considered a visionary. Your answer should be at least one hundred words.

Answer 1

Blake is considered a visionary because he incorporates art into his poetry to add a second layer of meaning. His style of art and engraving in his poems paved the way for lots of new literary art types. This is the most important point which shows that Blake is a visionary. I assume that the church was just as important as it typically was in older times, so his questioning of the church is revolutionary and quite rebellious. As a Romantic it makes sense that he would, and as a poet it is quite fitting that asks questions of the deepest soul in a lyrical and hidden form.

Answer 2

Answer:

William Blake was considered a visionary because he combined art and literature to bring profound meaning to his works.

Explanation:

William Blake was born on November 28, London, England, in 1757. Blake was the first of the great poets of English Romanticism. Besides being a poet, he was also a painter, typographer and engraver.

From his childhood Blake had shown a taste for literature and drawing. In this same period, it revealed a mystical and visionary tendency. At age nine, Blake told his parents to have seen angels gracing tree branches.

At age 10, Blake joined an art school. A few years later, he became an apprentice to the famous engraver James Basire. In fact, his formal education was only as a tape recorder. Blake's parents taught him to read and write at home.

From 1784 to 1803, Blake published many of his poems. His books were always accompanied by his illustrations.

Blake expressed in his works many opinions contrary to the ideals of his time. Blake was unhappy with the accelerated Journey of Science and the appreciation of Reason. Consequently, the poet was seen as a lunatic and eccentric rebel by the contemporaries of that time.