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Review Quiz 1. A Red, Red Rose is written by ______ who is called the national poet of ______. The poem’s theme is _____. A: Robert Burns, Scotland, love 2. Many of Burns’ songs deal with friendship, _____ has long become a universal parting-song of all the English-speaking countries. A: Auld Lang Syne William Blake: Innocence Experience Blake: Life (1757-1827) Born in a poor London hosier’s family( largely self-taught and widely read; At 7, Blake’s first vision—a tree filled with angels” (right)( mysticism in his poetry; At 10, sent to a drawing school—learning to draw from the antique while writing verses under the influence of Ossian poems; Blake: Life At 14, apprenticed to James Basire, an engraver, who set Blake to copy the sculpture and ornament of old London monuments, in particular Westminster Abbey (influenced by the linear design of medieval art and showing interest in Gothic art; After his 7-year term, studied briefly at the Royal Academy, but rebelled against the aesthetic doctrines of its president, Sir Joshua Reynolds (calling him a man hired to depress Art); By 1780 working for the radical publisher Joseph Johnson, engraving political and literary works. In 1784 set up a print shop; although it failed after a few years, for the rest of his life, Blake made a living as an engraver and illustrator. Blake: Life Famous for illustrations:, the Bible, Robert Blairs The Grave, Miltons Paradise Lost, and Dantes Divine Comedy. Happy marriage with Catherine Boucher in 1783. Though being illiterate, Catherine Boucher became his lifelong apprentice, assistant, guardian and best friend. While working on John Linnells commission to illustrate Dantes Divine Comedy, Blake died at home in 1827, at age 70. The Ancient of Days (1794; relief etching with watercolor ) The Book of Urizen: The Web of Religion (1794. watercolor and ink on paper ) Pietà (watercolor) Satan Smiting Job with Boils (engraving, watercolor) The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Ev