Blake was ahead of his time. Unfortunately, he was ahead of our time too. He was such a liberated poet, deeply mystical. You are absolutely right to say that one cannot read Blake in the usual way, one has to immerse oneself into his universe and feel one’s way around. And I think one must come to terms with never being quite able to understand his work, but that one can still enjoy being lost in it.

Absolutely wonderful! When I first went to New Zealand I discovered this book in my local library, I kept it out for several months. I was amazed by the images and poetry, the way the text interacts with itself getting deeper as it is studied. Every time I read it I discover something new. I understand Rintrah to be the spirit of outrage walking the barren planet Earth that had been destroyed by the people with rule books destroying the inspirations of the "true religion". Thank you for your comments Adam, you bring me a whole new dimension...

The second I hear the name William Blake, what runs through my mind is: "Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" It has always been my belief that when Blake wrote this poem, "eye" and "symmetry" rhymed.

@donnadumare

3 ай бұрын

True.....

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Studied at a convent in the 70s so of course we studied Blake, and again at university. I love the poet’s social commentary/critique of organised religion which underpins his poetry, or at least that was the interpretation we took! Thank you for your series.

3:46 Time Looks like the man is playing an instrument and the lady is laying down enjoying the music being played.

Blake (considered insane by Wordsworth and a genius by Coleridge) is revieared by many Yogic Masters (both in Tantric and Vedantic lineages). Seeing in his work a deep understanding of conciousness and the human condition. side note - bees are considered the totem of fertility and connected to Vishnu (the sustainer) so when he has beauty (roses - considered the foundational scent and connected to faith and trust in Tantric philosophy - Mooladhara) and bees in that stanza it echos the teachings of the Upanishads.

Thank you, I've just ordered a facsimile version!

Great! Loved it!! Thank you 🙏🏼 I actually read the first drawing as Adam and Eve walking together in garden of Eden

@closereadingpoetry

3 ай бұрын

That makes sense to me!

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@closereadingpoetry

6 ай бұрын

Such a lovely comment. Thank you!

Thank you, it was a revelatory experience listening to you talk through this work

@closereadingpoetry

8 ай бұрын

So glad it helped!

@akramobada

7 ай бұрын

​@@closereadingpoetrycould you please analysize the nightingale poem

@closereadingpoetry

7 ай бұрын

Hey, @@akramobada . Whose nightingale poem were you thinking?

@akramobada

7 ай бұрын

Odes to a Nightingale by John Keats@@closereadingpoetry

@closereadingpoetry

7 ай бұрын

@@akramobada I have that one here! kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYRq07VphdWylbQ.htmlsi=tinYF5Pm0Tr0fSWW

Since it's all symbolic, I wonder if the image of the man and woman in the second half of the etching is meant to represent the death of conventional morality.

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@closereadingpoetry

7 ай бұрын

Hi, and thanks for the note! I'll see what I can do concerning Chaucer. I'll be focusing on Milton next spring but will keep him in mind!