MAD SONG BY WILLIAM BLAKE

MALIK ALLEN

Mysticism is one of the hallmarks of his work. He studied engraving and grew to love Gothic art, which he incorporated into his own unique worksHe began his writing at a young age and he had a vision at the age of ten about seeing angles filled in a tree. The Bible had an early profound influence and remained as a lifetime inspiration, coloring his life and works with intense spirituality.Williams beloved brother died at the age of 24

One of his quotesThink in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

William Blake

Stanzas: 3Lines: 328 lines in each stanza

Meters: Stanza 1- 44 metersStanza 2- 40 metersStanza 3- 46 meters

Personification and Onomatopoeia

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EFEFGHHIH

JKLKMNOP

Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm and Sensory Details

IMAGERY

SPEAKER

The speaker seems depressed, it seems like something is torturing him, maybe getting over a death because it says ‘and my griefs infold,” and maybe the death is hunting him in the night and he cant sleep because he also says, “like a fiend in a cloud,” and fiend means demon, evil spirt and his thoughts are going crazy “my notes are driven.”

PURPOSE

• The purpose is to tell how he feels about his vision when he was 10 years and its driving him crazy and he's explaining what he sees and how it leaves his brain in frantic pain so he turns and goes back to the east

• http://www.biography.com/people/william-blake-9214491#synopsis