Honours English with Nusrat

Introduction to William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827) is one of the most remarkable and influential figures in English literature. Best known as a poet, painter, engraver, and visionary, Blake created works that continue to inspire readers more than two centuries after they were written. Although he is often associated with the Romantic Movement, Blake’s imagination, artistic style, and philosophical ideas set him apart from all his contemporaries. His poetry combines beauty, symbolism, spirituality, and social criticism in a way that makes his work both timeless and deeply thought-provoking.

Blake was born in London on 28 November 1757, at a time when Britain was undergoing major political, social, and intellectual change. The Enlightenment encouraged reason and scientific thinking, while the Industrial Revolution transformed everyday life through rapid industrial growth. At the same time, revolutionary movements in America and France challenged traditional ideas about government, liberty, and human rights. Living through these dramatic changes, Blake became deeply concerned with the effects of poverty, injustice, child labour, and the misuse of political and religious authority. These concerns became central themes in much of his poetry.

Unlike many writers of his time, Blake did not receive a university education. Instead, he trained as an engraver under James Basire, a profession that shaped his artistic career. His greatest innovation was the invention of illuminated printing, a unique process that allowed him to combine poetry with his own illustrations on the same engraved pages. For Blake, words and images were not separate forms of expression but worked together to communicate deeper spiritual truths.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Blake’s life was his belief in visions and spiritual experiences. From childhood, he claimed to see angels, prophets, and other divine figures. Rather than viewing these experiences as imagination alone, Blake believed they revealed a higher reality that ordinary human perception could not fully understand. This belief shaped his entire philosophy. He argued that imagination is the highest human faculty because it allows people to perceive truths beyond the physical world. His famous statement, “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite,” reflects this conviction that reality is far richer than it appears.

Many of Blake’s poems are built around contrasting ideas such as innocence and experience, freedom and oppression, imagination and reason, or good and evil. Rather than treating these opposites as enemies, Blake believed they depended on one another and were necessary for human growth. His well-known declaration, “Without Contraries is no progression,” from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, expresses his belief that struggle and conflict are essential for intellectual, moral, and spiritual development.

Blake’s best-known works are Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794), later published together as Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. These collections explore the journey from the innocence of childhood to the realities of adult life. While poems such as The Lamb celebrate purity, hope, and faith, poems like The Tyger raise profound questions about creation, power, and the existence of evil. Other poems, including London, The Chimney Sweeper, and Holy Thursday, criticize social injustice, child exploitation, and the hypocrisy of institutions that failed to protect the vulnerable.

In his later years, Blake wrote a series of complex prophetic books, including The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Book of Urizen, Milton, and Jerusalem. In these works, he developed his own symbolic mythology filled with imaginative characters such as Urizen, Los, Orc, and Enitharmon. These figures are not simply mythical beings but represent different aspects of the human mind, society, and spiritual life. Through this imaginative world, Blake explored questions of freedom, creativity, oppression, and the possibility of human redemption.

From a literary perspective, Blake stands between the Age of Enlightenment and the Romantic Movement. While many eighteenth-century writers valued reason, order, and logic, Blake emphasized imagination, emotion, creativity, and personal vision. In many ways, he anticipated ideas that later became important in Symbolism, Modernism, psychology, and literary theory. His poetry remains challenging because it combines lyrical simplicity with rich symbolism, philosophical depth, and powerful social criticism.

Modern literary critics have continued to find new meanings in Blake’s work. Northrop Frye described Blake’s mythology as a carefully structured symbolic system that reveals the creative power of the human imagination, while Harold Bloom regarded him as one of the greatest and most original poets in the Western literary tradition. Today, Blake is widely appreciated not only for his artistic genius but also for his bold criticism of injustice, institutional religion, and oppressive systems of power.

William Blake died in London on 12 August 1827. During his lifetime, his extraordinary talent was recognized by only a small circle of admirers. Today, however, he is celebrated around the world as one of the greatest poets and artists in English literature. His works continue to challenge readers to think beyond appearances, question accepted beliefs, and recognize the transformative power of imagination. More than two hundred years after his death, William Blake’s voice remains as original, inspiring, and relevant as ever.

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āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĨ¤ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇āχ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĻĻā§‚āϤ, āύāĻŦā§€ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϐāĻļā§āĻŦāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ āύāĻž; āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύ, āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ• āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ, āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāχ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ—ā§āϰ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧇, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡āχ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āϜāĻ—āϤ⧇āϰ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āωāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ— “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite”—āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰāχ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĢāϞāύāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻšāϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ, āĻ…āϏ⧀āĻŽ āϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāĻŦāĨ¤

āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧈āϤ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžâ€”āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§‹āώāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ, āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ“ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻ“ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāϏāĻŦāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āχ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤ The Marriage of Heaven and Hell āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ āωāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ—“Without Contraries is no progression”—āĻāχ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰāχ āϏāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧇, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāϤāĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāχ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧌āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻ•, āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĨ¤

āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āĻšāϞ⧋ Songs of Innocence (ā§§ā§­ā§Žā§¯) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Songs of Experience (⧧⧭⧝ā§Ē)āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϞāύ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āϞ⧁āώāϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ The Lamb āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ“ āϕ⧋āĻŽāϞāϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻŽāύāĻŋ The Tyger āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻļ⧁āϭ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ London, The Chimney Sweeper āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Holy Thursday āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ“ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Book of Urizen, Milton āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Jerusalem–āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻāĻ•āĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ• āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§€āĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• (Prophetic) āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āϰāϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāϏāĻŦ āϰāϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧃āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϕ⧀ āϜāĻ—āϤ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ Urizen, Los, Orc āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Enitharmon-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϜ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž, āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤

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Why Did William Blake Write Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience?

William Blake wrote Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794) to explore what he called “the two contrary states of the human soul.” He believed that human life cannot be understood from a single perspective. Instead, every person passes through two fundamental stages: the purity and hope of innocence, and the knowledge, suffering, and disillusionment of experience. By presenting these contrasting states, Blake sought to reveal the complexity of human existence. Songs of Innocence reflects a world seen through the eyes of childhood. Its poems celebrate purity, love, joy, faith, and harmony with nature. However, Blake did not write these poems simply to praise childhood. He wanted readers to recognize the beauty and moral innocence that society often destroys as people grow older.Five years later, Blake published Songs of Experience as a companion volume. This collection presents the darker side of life, exposing poverty, injustice, child labour, corruption, political oppression, and religious hypocrisy. Blake believed that social institutions—including the Church, the State, and industrial society—had corrupted human innocence and created suffering. Through these poems, he criticized a society that ignored the poor and denied individuals their natural freedom.The two collections were later combined under the title Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. Together, they form a unified vision of human life. Blake did not suggest that innocence is superior to experience or that experience should replace innocence. Instead, he argued that both are essential stages of human development. Innocence provides hope, trust, and imagination, while experience offers wisdom, self-awareness, and a deeper understanding of reality. Only by recognizing both states can human beings achieve spiritual and emotional maturity.The purpose of these works extends beyond personal growth. Blake also used them as a powerful critique of eighteenth-century English society. Through simple yet symbolic poems such as The Lamb and The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, Holy Thursday, and London, he questioned accepted beliefs about religion, morality, authority, and justice. His aim was to awaken readers’ moral conscience and encourage them to imagine a more compassionate, free, and humane society.Today, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience are regarded as masterpieces of English literature because they combine lyrical beauty with profound philosophical insight. They remind readers that life is shaped by both joy and sorrow, hope and despair, innocence and experience, and that true understanding comes from embracing the full range of human existence.

āωāχāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• Songs of Innocence (ā§§ā§­ā§Žā§¯) āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Songs of Experience (⧧⧭⧝ā§Ē) āϰāϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ “āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž” (The Two Contrary States of the Human Soul) āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύāϕ⧇ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϕ⧋āĻŖ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāχ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡â€”āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻž (Innocence), āϝāĻž āφāĻļāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ, āϏāϰāϞāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•; āφāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž (Experience), āϝāĻž āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āĻ•āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āϜāϟāĻŋāϞāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤Songs of Innocence–āĻ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž, āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ, āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āĻŽāϧ⧁āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϕ⧇ āωāĻĻā§â€ŒāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻ—āϤ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āϞ⧁āώāϤāĻž āĻ“ āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āύāĻžāύāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦ⧈āώāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ Songs of Experience āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‚āϰāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϰāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĢ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āĻ“āϠ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϞāύ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āϝ, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ, āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ­āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧇, āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϚ, āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϜ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āϏāĻšāϜāĻžāϤ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻž āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–-āĻ•āĻˇā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ“ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āϧāϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ–āύ⧋āχ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻˇā§āĻ , āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧇, āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāχ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϕ⧇ āφāĻļāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧ; āφāϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώāϕ⧇ āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ, āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽ-āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ⧇āχ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻŦāϤāĻž āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§āϝ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• āĻāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāĻĻāĻļ āĻļāϤāϕ⧇āϰ āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ The Lamb, The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, Holy Thursday āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ London–āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽ, āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāϞāĻŋāϤ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§‡āϤāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—ā§āϰāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧋, āϝ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āϤāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāϤāĻž, āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻžāĨ¤āφāϜ Songs of Innocence āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ Songs of Experience āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϞāύ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧌āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āϝ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āϤ⧇āĻŽāύāĻŋ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāύāĻŋāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ⧇āώāĻŖāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻ• āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĻ⧁āσāϖ⧇āϰ āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ“ āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžâ€”āĻāχ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāϤāĻžāϕ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

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