William Blake Context

BIOGRAPHY:

• Blake was brought up in SOHO- District of London.
• Came from an artistic family and spiritual non conforminsts,political activists. 
• Worked as an  free lance artist and illustrator. 
• For most of his life he lived in comfort with his wife,lifestyle developed into poverty. 

SONGS OF INNOCENCE:

• Fisrts published independently in 1789 as a childrens book
• This was the year of the fall of Bastille in France-spark of French Revolution. 
• Sources for Songs of Innocence often came from hyms and ballads-Cradle song relates closley to…