William Blake's Songs Of Innocence and Songs of Experience are sets of poems that represent his belief that the human soul has "two contrary states."" ... Innocence represents Eden, experience represents the Fall, and the higher innocence represents the Fortunate Fall. ... Even though Blake wanted to present innocence in such a way, he did present it with a sense of humor. ... It's this problem with naivety and devotion to this pure type of "good- that prevents humans from actually being humans, which led him to write the Songs of Experience. ... In The Tiger there is more ener...

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The subtitle of Songs of Innocence and Experience is "Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul-. ... Songs of Innocence - The Lamb Songs of Innocence was the first of Blake's illuminated books published in 1789. ... Songs of Innocence consists of 23 poems, among which most are lacking contraries, energy, progression and complexity. ... Then Blake wrote the poem that would darken that innocence and perhaps bring to mind fear for the innocence that is surely to be destroyed or consumed by the dark and dreary reality of experience - "The Tyger- « Songs of Experience - T...

• Word Count: 2099
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William Blake writes about those topics in his collections Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Many of the poems in Songs of Innocence have corresponding poems in Songs of Experience. ... The last line of this couplet emphasis on the magnitude of God`s power and leads the reader to the corresponding poem from Songs of Innocence- The Lamb. ... This change in one`s state show Blake`s personal transformation as well- the six years that stand between Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience has changed the poet, his view of the world and his belief in God. ... He creates the contrast be...

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In 1789, William Blake printed a collection of nineteen poems called "Songs of Innocence" (which contained 'The Lamb'). ... After this, the two volumes were published together as a collection called "Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul". ... To Blake, innocence is not better than experience. ... In his book "Songs of Innocence", in choosing a lamb for the subject, Blake immediately symbolizes it as representing Jesus Christ. ... The poem brings into focus the shifting relationships between seeing and fe...

• Word Count: 2028
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School