Another great Poetic site is The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Tribute to William Blake. Melissa Bolinger, Andy Abelein and other Romanticism fanatics pick apart one of Blake's best known poems, and most controversial. They do this by using videos, reviews, articles and their own thoughts and interpretations on the poem. There are several different interpretations of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell poem expressed on the website from other people too. Each including the views of the romantic man who made it, William Blake.To visit it for yourself go to http://heavenandhell-maa.blogspot.com/.The site looks professional, yet light and easy to read. The colors are not too harsh for the eyes and the clouds as the background are very embracing. May I add the natural view of the sky is very poetic as well. Ultimately my favorite part of the blog is the post entitled "Awesome Video On William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" posted by Andy Abelein. The intense music made my arm hair stand on end. The paintings made the video interesting. The context made me think of how we're just people on Earth and the imagery from the text kinda freaked me out (it could have also been the music along with the pictures). I like the fact that this blog is made to interpret a single poem, instead of being so broad like many others. The truth is, I had no idea what this poem was saying before I visited this blog. The attention spent line by line really shows understanding and helps others comprehend what the romantics were trying to get across. Another excellent post is "Nature and the Soul" posted by Melissa Bolinger. A prose poem about the connection between humans and the outdoors. Just like in previous poems by the romantics I think Melissa is right about people becoming too selfish to think about other living beings. Blogs like this is what keeps Romanticism alive, and I'm sure if William Blake (along with others) saw today the impact he had on the future he would be proud.
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