William Blake

William Blake: A World of Twisted Thoughts “What is it?” I ask myself. “Unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy.” is what dictionary dot com told me (definition 1). Can a writer be held accountable on any of these grounds? There is a fine line between being sane and insane in the world of writing. Many critics believe that there are no critical boundaries for coherent and incoherent writings (Frye). William Blake ran along that line …

…whether a person is mentally insane is not a very difficult task however, basing a position on poems, and other lyric writings is not a stable means of proof. However, I believe that the work of William Blake contains a high amount of metaphors and imagery to represent his life directly. I think it is clearly presented in his poems because of the similarities of his personal experiences and an individual climax of his poems.