 presentation. The title of today's presentation is Unit 1, William Blake, Holy Thursday, Life and Works of the Poet. The name of the course is journey English of the BA English Program, semester 1, block 1. Welcome dear learner to this particular presentation. First I shall run you through the table of contents. The presentation is structured as such. Learning objectives, followed by the introduction, William Blake the Poet, the life of William Blake, the literary works of William Blake, followed by questions to check your progress and the metrics. Beginning with the learning objectives, after going through this unit the learner will be able to gain an insight into the life of the original poet William Blake and gain an insight into the literary works of the poet. To introduce you to the poet, William Blake is considered a visionary and a prophetic poet. Through the combination of this literary genius and creative artistry and skill painter and in favour, Blake added a dash of life into his literary works. Blake had serious philosophical implications early in life and he was very sensitive as a person and he cultivated or developed rather a white knowledge or theology which is a study of religions in simple words. This particular presentation will briefly introduce a learner to the life and works of the creative genius of William Blake and Holy Thursday is the name of the selected poem by William Blake for this particular course. Blake is widely known for his work titled The Sons of Innocence and also The Sons of Experience, both of which represent the contrary states of the human mind that is innocence and experience. Both his poetry collections were eventually published as Sons of Innocence and of Experience showing the two contrary states of the human soul. So this is the long title of this particular work Blake is really known for. William Blake The Poet. William Blake is considered a visionary or a prophetic poet due to the visions that he often experienced. For an instance, at a tender age of four, he had a frightened vision of God, a frightened vision of God peering through a window. The Bible was a media influence throughout the life of Blake and found a creative expression through his literary works. His poems were accompanied by illustrations and drawings and handmade etchings, which were indeed a labour of love. Coming to the life of William Blake, William Blake was born on 20 November 1757 and he breathed his last on 12 August 1827. He was born to Catherine Hermitage Blake, his mother and James Blake, who were native to London. Blake was brought up in a devout and religious household and he was mostly tutored at home by his mother. That means he was post school. As a young boy, he attended a drawing school known as the Henry Parr's drawing school. That's interesting. To be trained as a skilled dog span, he attended the Royal Academy for a long time before he made up his mind to take up engraving as his chosen profession. So this was before he took up writing. Thus, at a very tender age, Blake had received training and apprenticeship within the labour James and Siam. Blake was married to Catherine Barsha, whom he loved very much and he made all efforts to train her to read, write and to paint with ease. And she was his companion all along, helping him in his literary works and in creative works as well. Coming to the works of William Blake, Blake poured elements of mythology. If you note, mythology, religious and personal symbolism into his literary works and brought them alive with his remarkable illustrations. Like I said, his remarkable etchings and drawings. Emily's major literary works is Blake's first poetry collection entitled Quantical Sketches, which is published in 1783. Now, some of the other major works by Blake are as follows. I'll just read out the title. His prophetic books include America A Prophecy, Europe A Prophecy, The Book of Erezin, The Book of Ahania, The Alphalish Vala of the Fozouas and in parts, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell composed between 1790 and 1793. So, you do well to remember a few of his works of major works and what kind of work that he did, his literary style and the characteristics that defined his writings. Coming to the pressures to check your progress. Question number one, what does the sounds of innocence and of experience deal with? Question number two, why William Blake is considered a visionary or prophetic poet? Question number three, what was one of the major influences in Blake's life that also found reflection in his writings? Question number four, name the first published poetry collection of William Blake. Question number five, mention some of the major works by William Blake. If you need, you might also pause and write them with questions and try to answer them at your own pace and from your own understanding. Here is the reference. He could refer to the graduate self-learning material that is the SLM, both in the print and also in the electronic format which is available in the website that is www.aksu.in and here are some of the references that I have mentioned for your ease of reference. So, with this, we come to the end of this particular presentation and thank you dear learner friends.