1. Blake's Innocence and experience
The poems are presentations of a contradiction between innocence and experience, two areas of life through which we all must pass and are, in initial appearance at least, very similar to the genre of late eighteenth-century children's poetry, in terms of theme, title and simplicity. ... I believe The lamb' symbolizes Jesus, and the traditional image of Jesus as a lamb underscores the Christian values of gentleness, meekness, and peace. ... The two separate collections, although tackling different subjects or applying a different perspective, both concentrate on one larger subject, t...
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- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Undergraduate