His individualistic approach to life can be seen in his modernizing work Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. ... The song that I felt was powerful in the Songs of Innocence is reduced to a "trembling cry" (line 5, pg 24). ... Overall, The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience provide contrasting aspects on Blake's view of life and society during this era. The overall tone of the poems that comprise Songs of Experience are much more angry and commanding than the earlier poems in Songs of Innocence. ... Blake also uses the poems in Songs of Innocence to descri...

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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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William Blake's poems The Divine Image and Nurse's Song both contain elements of innocence and experience. ... The same goes for the speaker in Nurse's Song. As previously mentioned, the speaker seems to cherish the children's innocence while watching them play outdoors, and possibly reflect upon her own lost innocence. ... While experience is seen in Nurse's Song, the general feeling readers have of the poem is one of innocence. ... Both poems have similar structure, although The Divine Image uses two different rhyme patterns while Nurse's Song uses only one...

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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. ...

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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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The people Holden admires all represent innocence. ... Holden admires the boy who sings the song "Comin' thro' the rye". ... In this novel, concrete symbols are used to signify the theme of innocence. ... When Holden hears the boy singing the song "comin' thro' the rye", Holden admits to Phoebe that he wants to be the catcher in the rye. ... Through Salinger's use of symbolism, Holden's love of innocence is epitomized. ...

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Write an essay on the importance of imagery and sound in the work of a poet or poets you have studied In Songs of Innocence and of Experience, by William Blake, imagery and sound are both very important. ... This contrasts the difference between innocence and experience as seen by Blake. ... This shows Blake's main theme shown in the full title of his poetry, Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. ... This green is very different to that in Nurse's Song. ... In innocence there is no need to whisper as everything is very simple a...

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"Blake's art is one of putting the complex into the simple" William Blake's art is one of putting the complex into the simple, as evident in the poems published in The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience. ... The Lamb, from the Songs of Innocence, is a notable instance where Blake has put the complex into the simple. ... Blake transformed these complex matters into a simpler form by using the same techniques as the ones he used in The Songs of Innocence. ... In The Songs of Innocence and The Songs of Experience, Blake is striving for simplicity, which is why they are so...

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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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There is an undeniable link between William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience and the main belief structure of the Romantics of his time. ... When Blake composed Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, he reached a milestone in his career. ... Hidden behind a web of confusion - to the general public - spun by works such as The Book of Urizen and The Four Zoas, were the Songs. ... According to Blake, both extremes were necessary to achieve a Higher Innocence' (Beulah) - the final goal. ... Aside from solely Blakean philosophy, Songs portrays a slew of blatantly Romant...

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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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He uses two books of poems, the Songs of Experience and the Songs of Innocence, to represent his different points of view. ... "The Ecchoing Green" from Blake's Songs of Innocence is the first from this set of companion poems. Blake's innocence poems are typically of a livelier and happier tone. ... Completing Blake's double vision is the companion poem, "London," from the Songs of Experience. ... Even though these poems do not carry the same titles as Blake's other obvious companion poems, such "Holy Thursday" or "The Chimney Sweeper" from the Songs of Innocence and So...

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Songs of Innocence was published in 1789. ... Blake really explores the contradicting stakes of innocence and experience. The Lamb from Songs of Innocence and The Tiger from Songs of Experience demonstrate these contradictions excellently, effectively and very well. Songs of Innocence is a collection of poems that see the natural world without fear. ... This makes it very song like. ...

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Red is used to symbolise greed, blood, misspent passion and evil while blue serves as a colour of serenity and innocence. During the song "Cell Block Tango-, the stage is bathed in red using a red filter to show the unabashed guilt that the murderesses revel in. however, for a small part, blue is suddenly thrown on stage as Catalin Helenski, the bastion of innocence on murderess row performs her small, but vital, role. ... The other character of truth and innocence, Amos, is also a major beneficiary from the effects of lighting. A full headlight is utilised to symbolise his almost childlike fa...

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Some of Blake's most well-known poems include; "The Lamb", "The Tyger", "London", "The Chimney Sweeper- Songs of Experience" and "The chimney Sweeper- Songs of Innocence", which I will explain the social message about, which Blake is trying to let out. The poem "The Lamb" tells us about Blake's religious convictions in the way that he believes God is the Lamb which symbolises innocence. "The Lamb" contrasts with the poem "The Tyger" where the Lamb represents innocence, harmless, playful and vulnerable, whereas the Tiger represents experience, fierce, aggressive and a hunter. ... T...

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The loss of innocence is a theme Blake raises in several of the songs. ... As part of the Songs of Innocence it is a reminder that Blake did not consider sex to be wrong, but rather any damaging or pernicious act. ... Other linked poems from the opposing songs include "Infant joy" and "Infant Sorrow". In "Infant Joy" from the Songs of Innocence, we meet a two-day old baby who is named "Sweet Joy" by the narrator for his overwhelming glee just to be alive. ... Blake points out this injustice in these songs, as well as many others. ...

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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. ...

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He mainly communicates humanitarian concerns through his "Songs of Innocence and Experience" which express two opposites, happiness or misery, heaven or hell. "Innocence" expresses the state of childhood, into which we are all born, a state of free imagination and infinite joy. ... "The Chimney Sweeper" from "The Songs of Innocence," will be used to show the differences among the two books and Blake's view of society. ... Now to Blake's other book "The Songs of Innocence." He is more in love with nature in this book and also his poems seem to deal with innocence. ...

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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 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. ...

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Those two are more recent song that show how both genres speak of different topics in their song. ... As mentioned before, rap has changed, but in the past, rock and rap song shared similar topics. For instance, the song "Catcher in the Rye" by Guns 'N Roses speaks of loss of innocence of children due to how people act/ and do thing around or to them. 2pac's song "Brenda's got a Baby" talks about the tragedies of teen pregnancy, how it affects the community, and how it's a loss of childhood and innocence. Both songs being different share a topic to gi...

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Songs, movies, and other forms of media all influence people in their daily lives'. ... The record freezes the memories of innocence and childhood for him because of this. ... This meaning in the Little Shirley Beans record comes from the lyrics and actual song, not the physical record. ... Similarly, the Little Shirley Beans record embodies both innocence and adolescence for Holden. ... His original intention of preserving Phoebe's innocence is thwarted by the record breaking. ...

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The recollection of pure innocence, freedom, fun with no responsibilities or nothing to be concerned about. ... The island being surrounded by water symbolizes pure innocence and being isolated from the real world. When one listens to the song the tone of the poem is soft, calm and sad. When the song comes to the last stanza the tone slows and becomes lower and more depressing. ...

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A child's mind biologically is as complex as any adults. Each thinks in the same sequence, however the thoughts that pass through are the only variable. A child thinks of things that are simple, that they like, that they don't like. An adult makes simple things complex, analyze the things they like ...

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In "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", Blake explored unconventional ideas of the nature of God and religion and tried to unite, or balance, his concept of innocence and experience as two different states of life and the human soul. Both "The Lamb" (Songs of Innocence) and its contrary "The Tyger" ("Songs of Experience") invite the reader to consider God and creation in different ways. ...

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