Nurses Song

 When the voices of children are heard on the green,
   And laughing is heard on the hill,
 My heart is at rest within my breast,
   And everything else is still.
 "Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down,
   And the dews of night arise;
 Come, come, leave off play, and let us away,
   Till the morning appears in the skies."

 "No, no, let us play, for it is yet day,
   And we cannot go to sleep;
 Besides, in the sky the little birds fly,
   And the hills are all covered with sheep."
 "Well, well, go and play till the light fades away,
   And then go home to bed."
 The little ones leaped, and shouted, and laughed,
   And all the hills echoed.

This poem by William Blake is written of a nurse whom is taking care of children. The nurse acts if she is the mother of these children who are lost.  When the voices of the children are heard over the green, the nurse gets happy, and everything goes still.  I take that as if the kids have passed away and are now spirits. Causing the nurse takes care of them. Even though there is no need for the nurse to take care of them, only the fact that they are still kids. When the nurse tells them to go home and that it is getting dark, the kids ask for more time because they play when it is dark out, so the nurse agrees. The kids say they cannot sleep; they are restless souls looking for the light to go into. They play all day and night, shouting, laughing and leaping. I don’t get why the title is called the “Nurses Song” when there is no song that is sung or talked about. But then I re read the poem several times, and came to a conclusion that the nurse is someone who takes care of patients, that are sick or not. Those kids are by themselves, thus creating a nurse to help care over them.

During the last part of the poem where it said the hills echoed, this is insinuating there is nothing over the green lands to stop the echo’s travel. These kids do these things all by themselves, not know where to go, or what to do.  They somewhat do as they please. In this poem, William Blake is trying to write about the lost souls whom roam around, and not know what the real life is like. These kids were free. Doing as they pleased, exploring, and having a good time. Once in a while, everyone should get the chance to do that, to be free for just a day.  Take the chance to live once in a while, nothing is ever known in life. William Blake is one of the most inspirational poets back in time, and still today, due to his poems having a lot meaning.

Poison Tree

William Blake in his poem, The Poison Tree, concluded that by informing the other person in a situation of controversy taking place, it created peace, which was shown in the first stanza. Also included in the first stanza was the growing wrath between the narrator and his enemy due to not admitting the situation's problem. William Blake was showing a large difference between two essential factors of expressing feelings. To have someone close, and express feelings when necessary, is very important, to help mend the soul in a bad situations. William Blake forgave his friend right away, and eased the anger, while with his foe; not forgetting what he had done made the rage form more. This effected Blake’s inner conscience by feeding it anger as the days grew on, not knowing what it would turn into, as shown in the second stanza.  The second major factor proposed by William Blake in his poem, is not to hold secret grudges against enemies. Tensions will build up causing evil to take over eventually and having results not wanted. Blake did not intentionally want to harm his enemy, however, irony caught up, and Blake’s enemy ended up getting dying. Even though Blake did not want to kill his foe on purpose, he died from Blake’s apple made by his anger toward the foe.Stanza three is where the shinning red apple is created; making the foe interested in the hidden meaning it held. 

 A relating story example to this poem of William Blake’s, is “The Garden of Eden.”  This story has a high likeness containing much symbolism of deceitfulness. As in the Garden of Eden, the fruit of knowledge of good and evil was not supposed to be eaten due to much risk of the unknown, while the shining apple in; “The Poison Tree” was made up of the author's fears and tears, not knowing what it could cause.  The same outcome occurred with the unknown fruit being eaten by the curious souls, it was meant for. This then had a negative impact on the outcome. If the author in “The Poison Tree” were to tell the enemy in the beginning how he was feeling, there would never of been a fateful ending.

Prose Poem

The morning of July 19th, 2010 the lyrics of "Shoes" a ring tone I set for my family members calls kept playing. I finally came to a realization that I needed to answer the call. I had a feeling there was a point, due to the time being 10:50 in the morning, and me being on vacation.

I clicked answer, and said "hello" with confusion, and tiredness.

The response back was a massive amount of tears from my brother. I knew there had to be something wrong.

Then I remembered two days before ... The morning my plane was scheduled to depart. . My Puppy, Lizzy.

She had been sick for some time now, barely eating, and losing energy as the days went on.

However, the day I left, she managed to eat a little, and gave the impression she was doing a little better but probably from the antibiotics she was forced to take.

This is where I was tricked.

After I left for Cali, I was told she did not come in from being outside. She stopped eating for good, and she was doing worse, she had to be taken to the Vet's the next morning.

As I came back into the call, I managed to hear that, she had to be put down due to the suffering, and she was found with lymph node cancer that spread rapidly to her lungs,

I was angry I wasn't there. Sad I left her all alone to die, upset I didn't get to say bye to her, but most of all I had the worst heartbreak of my life.

I did not know how I was ever going to get over her, she was with me all the time, everywhere I went, and never left my side, so why did I leave? How could I? I was never going to forgive myself for such a thing.

Everyday I would cry, remembering everything I could about her and every time get a feeling as if my heart got hit by a massive force.

July 19th, 2010 was the day I lost the love of my life, and my best friend. I will forever miss and love her. As I peer into the clear skies at times, I sit and take the time to think of her. Knowing wherever she is, there will be someone to take care of her, and that she would not be forgotten.

Community Blog

Time to meet Percy Bysshe Shelley AKA Alyck is a very informational blog by Chrisy Vo, Jacky Bectholomey, and McKenzie Dewitt. This blog has a nice, simple, clean format that made reading it a breeze. This groups theme was focused on the life of romantic poet, Percy Shelley, and his life's achievements. The most interesting thing that stuck out to me was in Jacky's post, on Shelley's inspiration. It was stated that Percy Shelley was one of the couple poets to play a large role on the second generation of romantic poets. Another interesting thing about Shelley noted was that his last four years of living, were his best and most memorable. In those four years, some of his best poetry was created, due to Shelley getting encouragement from tragic events; for example his son dying, and a massacre occurring. Shelley then wrote about how he was feeling, and came out with great poetry.  Shelley's writing was known to come from deep down inside when something influential but tragic happened, and that's what happened. Evidence of this was included in many of the group member’s blogs.

                I really enjoyed going through this blog, and learning about Percy Shelley. This group involved much information about the poet, as well as pictures, and a video. Someone who didn't know very much on this topic would resource greatly on this specific blog. Not only was there information on Shelley, but also the era of the romantic period. The one picture that stood out to me would be the one where Shelley was sitting in a tree with a book. This struck me as flattering; in most of his pictures, or portraits, Shelley is drawn very similar: young, and beautiful. Throughout this blog, there were many informational posts about this wonderful poet. There was no where I went to not get a better grasp on the romantic poet or era. Each member wrote their posts very well, and I was fond of their mature ideas. It was fun reading about what they had to say, and looking at the wondrous pictures they posted of their theme.

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William Blake's Gorgeous Art

William Blake was one of the most inspirational poets of all time. To be exact, a British poet in the romanticism era between the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. These types of poets where limited, yet some of the most influential people ever to exist during life’s growing existence. The famous romantic poet William Blake was not only known for his poetry, but also for his amazing art talents. William Blake’s work both artwork and poetry was based on biblical references. Blake would mainly draw scenes of the supernatural world using, angels, demons, and god as inspiration to his main points. One of his most known poems named, “The Lamb” was a large relation to Jesus, as in the bible. This poem has a resemblance largely to Jesus, however, just worded differently.  William Blake was a romantic poet meaning he did not view science as a main point to life. Instead, Blake viewed nature as the most sublime topic to all of his work, and to all his thoughts. As nature, William Blake saw the supernatural world as the most powering, and inspiring thing on earth.  This showed in his writing but more in his drawings.

On this video, there are many pictures of Blake’s vision on the supernatural world. He is one of the most religious poets, basing all of his work around God all mighty. His art has a lot of hidden meaning, although it takes time to figure out the meaning and interpret them, it is worth it. Blake had strong feelings about his work, and expressed it quite well. He took his time, until perfection was reached. Blake’s work is still reviewed through work in modern day civilization, and will continue to still be. Even though his art was made from a long time ago, it is still commonly used, and practically up to date. This is because the bible has very little change over the years, however, at the same time, gets revised and stays similar to the original version. Several pieces of William Blake’s are shown throughout this video, and have close ideas to each other. This is why William Blake is one of the most mighty people in culture.