The fact that Blake himself described the collection of poems as shewing the contrary states of the human soul', must be seen as an invitation to view the poems of Innocence and Experience in relation to one another. ... In the world of Experience, "Nurse's Song" takes three of its eight lines from the earlier poem. ... The poem has two stanzas, each containing five rhymed couplets. ... The companion to this poem, found in the Songs of Experience, is The Tyger - read together, the two poems give a perspective on religion that includes the good and clear as well as the terrible a...

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