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Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Shewing The Two Contrary States Of The Human Soul (Forgotten Books) - William Blake
Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: Shewing The Two Contrary States Of The Human Soul (Forgotten Books)
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in... show more
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul are two books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. Although Songs of Innocence was first published by itself in 1789, it is believed that Songs of Experience has always been published in conjunction with Innocence since its completion in 1794.Songs of Innocence mainly consists of poems describing the innocence and joy of the natural world, advocating free love and a closer relationship with God, and most famously including Blake's poem The Lamb. Its poems have a generally light, upbeat and pastoral feel and are typically written from the perspective of children or written about them.Directly contrasting this, Songs of Experience instead deals with the loss of innocence after exposure to the material world and all of its mortal sin during adult life, including works such as The Tyger. Poems here are darker, concentrating on more political and serious themes. Throughout both books, many poems fall into pairs, so that a similar situation or theme can be seen in both Innocence and Experience. (Quote from wikipedia.org)About the AuthorBlake, William (1757 - 1827)William Blake (28 November 1757 - 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts.Blake's prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the language."His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced."Although he only once traveled any farther than a day's walk outside L
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ISBN: 9781606801598 (1606801597)
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The Villain Library
The Villain Library rated it
4.0 Songs of Innocence and Experience
I only read this because a certain villain was involved and i'm glad i did , this book has many short beautiful poems , and i certainly enjoyed reading them while imagining Klaus reading them , with that voice and accent of his ( excuse the fangirling)
La Mala *the mean girl*
La Mala *the mean girl* rated it
5.0 Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Reseña cuando termine de analizarlo como se debe. (Y dependiendo de si apruebo el cuatrimestre)
Julian Meynell's Books
Julian Meynell's Books rated it
4.0 Songs of Innocence and of Experience
The book is divided into two parts that reflect one another. The first part is songs of innocence and the second part is songs of experience. The book was originally written with the poems set into individual illustrations also by Blake. My version had those original illustrations a written text ...
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd]
Emad Attely [The Book Nerd] rated it
5.0 Songs of Innocence and of Experience
In this wonderful book, William Blake was a real "Tiger .." And his poems were "Burning bright in the forests of the night"!How Amazing!The poems are divided into two parts: Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience. The first part is full of childish hope and light, while the second part is full ...
MochaMike
MochaMike rated it
Briefly: Three thoughts on this one: 1) Most of the friends who have read this have given it 4, if not 5, stars. I’m always pleased when friends have enjoyed a text. For me, though, this falls solidly into the Ugh category, and I’m reminded of all the Whys I, generically, dislike poetry and Why I ab...
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