Milton: A Poem in Two Books "Jerusalem". The poem appears after a prose attack on the influence of Greek and Roman culture, which is unfavourably contrasted with "the Sublime of the Bible". The poem is divided into two "books". Book I opens with an epic invocation to the muses, drawing on the classical models of Homer and Virgil, which were also used by John Milton in "Paradise Lost". However, Blake describes inspiration in bodily terms, vitalising the nerves of his arm. Blake goes on to describe the activities of Los, one of his mythological characters, who creates a complex universe from within which other Blakean characters
William Blake's mythology other epic prophetic works, "Milton a Poem" and "Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion". The parts into which Albion is divided are the four Zoas: The Blake pantheon also includes feminine "emanations" that have separated from an integrated male being, as Eve separated from Adam: The fall of Albion and his division into the Zoas and their emanations are also the central themes of "Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion". Rintrah first appears in "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", personifying revolutionary wrath. He is later grouped together with other spirits of rebellion in "The Vision of the