Comparing Three Poems

The three poems that I choose from William Blakes archive of poems from the Songs of Innocence/Experience were ones that dealt with children. I wanted to see how he used different colors when describing certain times while also looking at his word choice. The names of the three poems that I choose were Infant Joy (object 23), Infant Sorrow (object 39), and one that has no name (object 17). Even though we went over Infant Joy in class, this poem stayed with me after and I wanted to spend more time looking at it. Before looking at the artwork I wanted to look just at the words. The words of the poem appear as if the child answers whatever issues or question has a raised from the line before it. It also appears as if this poem is from the point of view of the child and not the mother or father. Lastly what I noticed with the words and punctuation is that it appears to have a very happy and excited mood. Looking at the background it adds to how the words are viewed. The background is a light blue and yellow blending together to create a relaxing sky; so when reading I gives the words a lighter …show more content…
The words here seem more painful and filled with sadness. In this poem the infant is again talking but he is describing the pain and sadness he sees around him. After reading the poem I looked at the colors and images used in the poem. The color colors mainly used are primary colors (red, yellow, blue). In this artwork though the main color used is blue this color may have been used to show sorrow. The only reason that yellow was used was so that the words could be seen. The main images used are a mother and a child, the mother appears to not know what to do with the child and if you look closely at her face she seems sad and mad that she cannot help her child. While the child appears to be naked and crying for something, but not its