Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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    with a question addressing a lamb by a child asking about its creator in “The Lamb”. The poem starts off with the question “little lamb, who made thee?” William Blake does not hesitate to bring the title into place. The lamb represents purity and innocence; children are innocent as well which makes the lamb and the narrator have a connection. Later we learn that the lamb and the narrator have the same creator. This goes along the same context as another one of Blake’s poems “Tyger” which has a…

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    rooftops. Chimney sweepers, usually are not in the mood to dance around, like in the movie. Chimney sweepers, although quickly seen, are represented accurately in the movie Oliver! William Blake’s poems “The Chimney Sweeper,” which is in Songs of Innocence and Experience, gains the audience a new perspective on this job. William Blake uses ethos, symbols, imagery and theme to help readers gain a greater understanding in the life of a chimney-sweeper. “The Chimney Sweeper,” is a poem that…

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    Romantic Period. His first published work was a collection of poems protesting war, tyranny, and King George III’s treatment of the American colonies. Then in 1789 his Songs of Innocence were printed followed five years later by his Songs of Experience. These were a contrast of the states of the human soul. The Songs of Experience spoke out against the monarchy and the church; they were published the same year that King Louis was executed during the French Revolution. Blake was a supporter of…

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    him leaves inquisition into his experience of the world lingering. Through his poetry, like many other poets, readers can extract themes that piece together meanings about…

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    After the Romantic period Childhood was created and a division between adult and child was formed. In William Blake’s poem The Lamb great divine and supreme being of children is portrayed.”I a child an thou a lamb” connects children with innocence portrays them to be God like. This theme of a perfect, pure child was created and idolized during the Romantic era, however, the definition of a perfect mature adult was not addressed. In Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland, Alice is placed in…

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    Painting and relevance: Jacques-Louis David’s “Oath of the Horatii” was painted in 1784 and it was commissioned by the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on behalf of the Kind Louis XVI. The inspiration of the painting had to come by Corneille’s Play “Horace” which was being performed in Paris during that time. In 1785 the painting was exhibited at the Paris Salon. The painting shows a decisive moment of will as well as a great family tragedy resulting from political consequences. The…

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    is a major element discussed along with the reoccurring reminder of the conditions the chimney sweepers were forced to endure. Despite all of the harsh experiences, the children’s’ innocence is evident as they remain hopeful and optimistic in the unfair society. The poem explores the contrast of the unruly child labor paired with childhood innocence that makes up the chimney sweeper’s dark reality. William Blake starts out the poem by revealing the…

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    look back at it. In order to explore themes such as remembrance and childhood, it is crucial to consider linguistic features and the communications of emotions or feelings such as warmth. It is believed that copious poems all portray the subject of innocence of the younger; poems including ‘Prayer Before Birth’, ‘Half Past Two’, ‘Piano’ and ‘Hide And Seek’ are no exception to being exemplars of poems which typify the theme of remembrance and childhood, which could be further supported by the…

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    Blake's Poem

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    vocabulary. Much of the work uses an anapestic poetic meter, which is often characterized with childish cadence of literature. The composition therefore resembles perhaps a children’s hymn -- establishing the innocence of the boy which narrates it. Ergo, the very nature of youthful innocence is tied inextricably to the overall tone of the poem. Blake not only addresses the reader, but additionally establishes the entire tragic past of our protagonist within just the first two lines. The…

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    Comparing Two Poems

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    In the poem of “Experience” the boy is yelling “weep” and while doing so he is asked by someone as to where his parents are and to their surprise they are at the church praying. On the other hand in the poem “Innocence” the boy is completely ignored and we are told by the narrator that his mother had died and his father sold him off to work. Here we see how melancholy the tone is, though later in both poems we will see a shift to more positive tones. In the poem “Innocence” the tones back and…

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