William Blake was an English artist and poet born in London in 1757 and died there in 1827. He received education at the Royal Academy of Art's Schools of Design. The document includes summaries of two of Blake's poems, "A Dream" and "Ah! Sunflower" in three sentences or less, describing the key elements and themes of each poem.

1. WILLIAM BLAKE
By: Monica Alanis

2. NAME: William Blake
OCCUPATION: Artist, Poet
BIRTH DATE: November 28,
1757
DEATH DATE: August 12,
1827
EDUCATION: Royal
Academy of Art's Schools of
Design
PLACE OF BIRTH: London,
England, United Kingdom
PLACE OF DEATH: London,
England, United Kingdom

3. A Dream
Once a dream did weave a shade
O'er my angel-guarded bed,
That an emmet lost its way
Where on grass methought I lay.
Troubled, wildered, and forlorn,
Dark, benighted, travel-worn,
Over many a tangle spray,
All heart-broke, I heard her say:
'Oh my children! do they cry,
Do they hear their father sigh?
Now they look abroad to see,
Now return and weep for me.'
Pitying, I dropped a tear:
But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied, 'What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?
'I am set to light the ground,
While the beetle goes his round:
Follow now the beetle's hum;
Little wanderer, hie thee home!'

4. A SUMMARY OF A
DREAM
The speaker tells a fable in the form of a dream he
had. A mother ant has lost her way in the night
and fears for her children. She wonders if they are
crying over their lost mother while she is gone.
Fortunately, a glow-worm and a beetle hear her
cries and show her the way home to her family.

5. Ah! Sunflower
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sunflower wishes to go!

6. A SUMMARY OF AH!
SUNFLOWER
It consists of a meditation upon the sunflower’s
wish to follow the sun toward the west. The
sunflower longs for another place, a "golden clime"
where travelers find their rest. The youth and
virgin both have unfulfilled desires to which they
seek satiation in the sunset, suggesting that their
longings may be fulfilled in the next life.