In this essay I will critically discuss Blake’s statement as a philosopher who bemoans the state of man but suggests that there is hope for redemption. I will closely examine Blake’s famous poetry namely Introduction (Songs of innocence and songs of experience), the chimney sweeper (songs of innocence), Earths answer and others.
Blake was against the view of dualism example Heaven and hell, Blake believes that dualism limits human beings in achieving their full potential however the language and vision of Blake’s poetry itself insists that the contraries are important ‘without contraries is no progression’ , wrote Blake . Blake describes innocence and experience of the human soul and contrasts songs of innocence and songs of experience.
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The child responds with laughter. then he sings a song about a lamb and the child weeps from the first stanza we can already see it is based on innocence the words “pleasant” ;”glee”; ”child”; ”laughing”, this indicates innocence , a child is associated with innocence. “Lamb” is an angelic child upper case ’L’ Blake uses the symbol of the lamb to portray Jesus, this is being contrasted by the poem Tyger. This is shown in a positive light “the pipe” represents an obedient person, and shows the obedience of mankind before the sinning of Adam and eve “merry cheer” there was free love , no enslavement, unlike introduction ( songs of experience) Blake makes use of words like “fallen”; “slumberous mass; “night”; “weeping” and “lapsed”. This is used in a negative light which therefore show that Mans soul has deteriorated and blackened thus redemption being the only solution, this referring to the sinning of Adam and …show more content…
In conclusion it can clearly show that man possess a state of innocence and experience as well. I have discussed the poetry of Blake with regards to how the contrasts of how the human souls are shown. Blake had been successful in his attempt to portray the two contrasts of the Human soul-Experience and Innocence. He had stated that the acts of innocence are killed when the acts of experience come to play. He also helps us understand this by using biblical imagery. In life everyone should be given the opportunity for redemption and
Blake was against the view of dualism example Heaven and hell, Blake believes that dualism limits human beings in achieving their full potential however the language and vision of Blake’s poetry itself insists that the contraries are important ‘without contraries is no progression’ , wrote Blake . Blake describes innocence and experience of the human soul and contrasts songs of innocence and songs of experience.
Most …show more content…
The child responds with laughter. then he sings a song about a lamb and the child weeps from the first stanza we can already see it is based on innocence the words “pleasant” ;”glee”; ”child”; ”laughing”, this indicates innocence , a child is associated with innocence. “Lamb” is an angelic child upper case ’L’ Blake uses the symbol of the lamb to portray Jesus, this is being contrasted by the poem Tyger. This is shown in a positive light “the pipe” represents an obedient person, and shows the obedience of mankind before the sinning of Adam and eve “merry cheer” there was free love , no enslavement, unlike introduction ( songs of experience) Blake makes use of words like “fallen”; “slumberous mass; “night”; “weeping” and “lapsed”. This is used in a negative light which therefore show that Mans soul has deteriorated and blackened thus redemption being the only solution, this referring to the sinning of Adam and …show more content…
In conclusion it can clearly show that man possess a state of innocence and experience as well. I have discussed the poetry of Blake with regards to how the contrasts of how the human souls are shown. Blake had been successful in his attempt to portray the two contrasts of the Human soul-Experience and Innocence. He had stated that the acts of innocence are killed when the acts of experience come to play. He also helps us understand this by using biblical imagery. In life everyone should be given the opportunity for redemption and