His Songs of Innocence was published in 1789 and Songs of Experience was published in 1793. In 1794 an edition that combined both of the two, Songs of Innocence and Experience, was published. ... The Lamb is one of the first of the poems in Blake's Songs of Innocence. ... The Chimney Sweeper is the final of the poems from The Songs of Innocence. ... The Songs from Experience starts out with Earth's Answer. ...

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Songs of Innocence and Experience' juxtaposes the innocent and pastoral world of childhood against the adult world of corruption, with 'The Lamb' representing a meek virtue and 'The Tyger' showing opposing, darker forces. ... Innocence is conveyed through the lamb, which symbolises Jesus. ... This poem, like many in 'Songs of Innocence' accepts what Blake saw as the positive aspects of Christian belief. ... The Songs of Innocence' portrays the nave hopes and fears that afflict the lives of children and trace their transformation into adulthood. ....

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He put his new found drawing talent to use after he wrote the two books Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. ... Blake's most popular poems stem from the Songs of Innocence which he published in 1789. ... Only five years later, Blake published the Songs of Experience, which he intended to be read together with the Songs of Innocence. The opposition can be noticed in that of the Songs of Innocence, such as "The Lamb," with the scenes of meadows, valleys and a more happier diction. ... Stemming from the Songs of Innocence it was early on read to children . ...

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Blake was well known for his religiously inclined poems that told of the decent from innocence to experience in his books Songs of Innocence/ Experience. ... "The Lamb", in Songs of Innocence, is a simple and delicate poem. The innocence of the poem is found merely in its simplicity. ... Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience do naught but portray the contradictory states of the Human soul, and the nave corruption of society. ... The Lamb(Songs of Innocence) Little Lamb, who made thee? ...

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In his best works, "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience," Blake uses his poetic talent to address the political and relgious ideas of his age. The poems "The Lamb" and "The Tyger," published in Songs of Innocence and of Experience, uses the symbolism of two different animals to explain how all things, good and evil, come from God. ...

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The poem about the lamb was one of innocence and the good side of spirituality that most mothers probably recited to their children back then to sound like a song or nursery rhyme to soothe the child as they tried to fall asleep. ... Not wanting to lose sight of the innocence of the world while in reality still having to deal with life struggles. ...

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