Full Title: Blake wrote the ‘Songs of Innocence’ in 1789 when the French Revolution began. He wrote the ‘Songs of Experience’ in 1794 when terror took over from the revolutionary spirit. Is this change apparent in ‘The Songs’? There is certainly a change in mood and style between Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence’ and ‘Experience’. Throughout [...]

Blake’s exploration of the two contrary states of the human soul, innocence and experience, often focus upon the theme of imagination. Through his “Songs of Innocence”, Blake champions the imagination, and shows how it should be free to bloom and flourish. On the other hand, in his “Songs of Experience”, Blake often portrays the repression [...]

Full Title: An analytic comparison of “The Chimney Sweeper” poems by William Blake Whilst writing his second series of poems “Songs of Experience”, Blake included several reflections of poems which were a part of his “Songs of Innocence”. These poems often used exactly the same title and commonly made use of similar phrases. This is [...]

Full Title: Rousseau one said, “Man was born free and everywhere he is in chains”. How do Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience” reflect this sentiment? Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” reflect this statement in many ways. Blake’s view of innocence as an almost divine state before our fall into experience is present [...]

Full Title: What impression do you receive from the Songs of Blake’s own religious beliefs? Blake’s “Songs of Innocence and Experience” provide us with two – usually contrasting – views on an issue or theme. Religion has also been dealt with in this way. Typically, his Songs of Innocence reflect more of his own unorthodox [...]