Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: The Little Girl Found
A poem from William Blake's Songs of Experience, "The Little Girl Found", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: The Little Vagabond
A poem from William Blake, "The Little Vagabond" from Songs of Experience, is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Madeline Jacobs and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: The Schoolboy
A poem from William Blake's Songs of Innocence, "The Schoolboy", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Scott Becker and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: The Shepherd
A poem from William Blake, "The Shepherd", is provided on this site and is from the Songs of Innocence. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Madeline Jacobs and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: The Tyger
A poem from William Blake, "I Often Passed the Village", is provided on this site and comes from Songs of Experience. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Ellie Wen and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: To the Evening Star
"To the Evening Star", a poem written by William Blake, is provided on this site.Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Stephanie Chan and can access a printable version of this piece.
Other
Up Word: The First Book of Urizen
A verse-by-verse version of William Blake's (1757-1827 CE) First Book of Urizen is offered here at up Word. A lot of clicking, as each verse is a separate page. Not illustrated.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Poet William Blake
As part of a unit on William Blake and his poetry, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: t.s. Eliot on William Blake
An analytic essay written on Blake by T.S. Eliot (1888?1965) where Eliot looks at Blake's motivations.
Other
Early Images of the Australian Aborigines
This exhibition provides images drawn from the early discovery and exploration accounts, including those of William Blake.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake
This is the full collection of The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. Click on the title of the desired poem or series of poems.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: William Blake
This is a site from The Academy of American Poets about the poet William Blake (1757-1827 CE). While the primary purpose of the site is to provide a biography of the author, there are very good links on the page. By clicking on the links...
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: W. H. Auden
This Academy of American Poets webpage provides, in addition to a short overview of his life, a selected bibliography as well as hyperlinks to a number of Auden's poems such as "On the Circuit" (read by the author), "Lullaby," and "The...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Blake
This site features information on the life and work of William Blake.
Other
The William Blake Archive
A wealth of information about the life and work of artist William Blake. Because this archive is so vast you can conduct a search for specific works by Blake.
Read Works
Read Works: "The Echoing Green"
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem by William Blake about spring. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Tyger
A learning module that begins with "The Tyger" by William Blake, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Echoing Green
A learning module that begins with the poem "The Echoing Green" by William Blake, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "A Poison Tree" by William Blake
A learning module that begins with "A Poison Tree" byWilliam Blake, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas
In the mid-1800s, a French sailor is unjustly imprisoned for fourteen years. He escapes, finds a fortune, and seeks revenge on the those who put him in prison. Selected (7) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with "The Count of Monte...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics &Victorians Power and Politics
From the radicalism of the Romantic poets to the violent suppression of protests, the 18th and 19th centuries were peppered with incidents of political upheaval. Read how power and politics feature centrally in some of the period's great...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics&victorians Poverty
These articles research how writers responded to the social inequalities of Victorian society.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature:romantics & Victorians Reading and Print
How did rising literacy rates, libraries, and new technologies influence literature and reading habits during the Romantic and Victorian periods? These resources answer this question.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians London
From Wordsworth's Westminster Bridge to Blake's Chimney Sweepers; from Dickens's pickpockets to Jack the Ripper; and from Wells's War of the Worlds to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; discover the diverse ways in which writers in this...