All Human Forms (1951)

Title

All Human Forms (1951)

Student Commentary:

In this plate from Jerusalem (1951 facsimile), which appears at "The End of the Song of Jerusalem,” the writing at the top of the plate almost disappears out of view like a cloud of smoke as attention is drawn to the center of the page. In this image two figures, male and female, embrace. Their arched posture creates the appearance that they are in a whirlwind of fire. The female figure’s hair blends into the fire and is almost part of it, while the male is protected by his halo from the fire touching him at all. Yet the overwhelming message is of unity as the poem identifies “All Human Forms” as one in “the Life of Immortality.”

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Detailed View of Image at the William Blake Archive

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William Blake@Union Digital Collection