William Blake Revision Pack

Suitable for A Level English Literature Students and teachers
Aspects of Political and Social Protest

Includes revision on:
Blake’s life
Blake’s beliefs
Blake’s concerns
Blake’s illustrations
Rousseau’s influence on Blake
Topic sentence starters and terminology that would be useful for the exam
The significance of poetry to political and social protest
Blake’s tools

Includes what poems suit what theme/topic of political and social protest writing:
Protesting against government power
Human life is at its best when it has a healthy relationship with nature
Protesting against the abuse of children
Protesting against the education system
Anticlericalism- criticising the Church as a powerful organisation that is complicit in the oppression of the people
Sympathy for the oppressed, controlled and subjugated
The Green World and Eco-politics
Rebellion

With analysis on the poems:
The tiger
Nurse’s song- innocence and experience
The Schoolboy
A Poison Tree
Infant Joy
Infant Sorrow