The Comparison and Fusion of William Blake’s Poetry and Paintings

Abstract

As a poet, painter and artist, William Blake was considered a transitional figure in English literature which followed no style but his own. He was also deemed as a pioneer of romanticism in the united kingdom and an outstanding poet with great achievements and profound influence in the history of English poetry. In recent years, studies have been more likely to conduct an in-depth analysis of Blake’s poems or paintings, but there are not many studies that combine them together. The researcher of this paper has found that there is an interaction between the works of his poetry and paintings; it is generally an extension or compensation of each other. The paper also found that his poems present a slow process of indoctrination, colors in his paintings can be the expression of the entire poetry. It can better reflect the theme, idea, metaphor, conception as well as symbol of the poetry. In the research, some of his famous poems and paintings were demonstrated and offered a personally slight apprehension through comparison. It also summarized the structure of this paper, giving an overall view of the whole passage.