In Songs of Innocence, all of the poems revolve around children, and the way a child sees or learns about God. ... Each poem speaks of the innocence of the child involved, the sort of lack of sin and in this way, Blake uses the presence of God or his angels to help portray this innocence. ... In Songs of Experience, the poems are all centered around people or things that are experienced. ... All things which are not present in the poems about innocence. ... Innocence and Experience are two completely different aspects of human nature. ...

• Word Count: 826
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the song of innocence, the children are seen as property. ... Contrary to the song of innocence, in the song of experience, the child is fully aware of the events taking place. ... The innocence is violently ripped from these children for the inane purpose of having someone to sweep the chimneys. ...

• Word Count: 497
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

One of the poems was in his poetry collection Songs of Innocence, and the other in the collection named Songs of Experience. To make it easier, I will from now on refer to the poem from Songs of Innocence as poem 1, and the poem from Songs of Experience, poem 2. ... The speaker in poem 2 is still a child and shows some innocence, although he presumably is somewhat older and more experienced. An element that emphasizes a degree of innocence in both speakers is an expression that is used in both poems. ... It stands for happiness, playfulness, joyfulness, God, angels, children and innocence. ...

• Word Count: 2076
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

 "The Chimney Sweeper," from Robert Blake's Songs of Innocence, is a poem typical of the themes present in the Songs of Innocence and Experience. ... This feeling of a merry, fake world, and the unforgiving and cold real world is reinforced by imperfect rhyme (something that as Abrams points out is commonly used in children's poems, which Blake's songs of innocence are caricatures of). (274) In the dream, the rhyme is perfect, and the words are happy, mouth filling words, which seem to bounce in their very saying. ...

• Word Count: 706
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School