The vision of an angel made William Blake the most famous poet of his time. William Blake was born in his father's modest hosiery shop at 28 Broad Street Golden Square, London, on 28 November 1757. His father was James Blake, a hosiery maker, and his mother was Catherine Wright Armitage Blake. William Blake, having been educated mainly at home, learned to read and write from his mother. He attended school briefly. His parents noticed that he was different and did not force him to attend school, which was the main reason why his mother decided to teach him. “They observed that he was different from his peers and did not force him to attend mainstream school.” Blake later considered it a positive thing, later writing "Thank God I never got sent to school." Apparently William Blake was a special boy and a true believer of the religion. When Blake was four years old, he told his parents that he had seen a vision of God. "From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions: at four years old he saw God "put his head in the window." A couple of years later, around at nine years old, William experiences a new vision, this time he saw an angel: "Around the age of nine, while walking through the countryside, he saw a tree full of angels." Those visions changed William's life William expressed to his parents that he wanted to become a painter. Later his father sent him to a drawing school “At the age of ten, Blake expressed a desire to become a painter, so his parents sent him to drawing school. Two years later William began to write poetry years old, William could draw and at his seven-year term studied at the Royal Academy “After the end of his seven-year term, he studied briefly at the Royal Academy.” Several years later, in 1782, ... halfway through the paper works. On August 12, 1827 William Blake died, during his lifetime he shone like the sun, but when he died he became the moon His work would help other artists shine if they tried to find inspiration in his work. Works CitedBlakearchieve, nd Web 19 January 2014./archive/biography.xq?b=biography&targ_div=d1>.guntenberg org. 12 September 2011, nd Web, 6 January 2014. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/37407/3740 7-h/37407 -h.html poemhunter, nd Web ://m.poemhunter.com/poem/love-s-secret poets.org Np, nd Web January 19, 2014. http://www.poets.org/wblakSkolecorget. http://skoletorget.no/abb /eng/blake/life.htmlThe Metropolitans Museum of Art, October 2014, nd Web, January 16 2014.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/blke. /hd_blke.html