William Blake is a famous writer and artist in the 19th century. He is also a very influential during the Romantic Age. He is considered to be a major poet and an original thinker. He prefers Shakespeare, Jonson, and Spenser (also known as the Elizabethans) and ancient ballads. It is said that his dead brother, Robert, influenced his poetry writing. Blake saw the spirit of Robert happily ascending through the ceiling when he died; a year later, Blake saw Robert in his vision giving him new methods of printing his works (“William”).

His poems are influenced by the Bible that it was organized similarly like the Bible. He is an advocate of liberty and freedom. His poems usually consisted of imagery and metaphor. William Blake continuously rewrites