William Blake’s “Songs of innocence” and “Songs of experience”.
The Songs of Innocence emphasize children’s’ naive hopes, fears, curiosities and their transformation to adulthood. They draw attention to the positive aspects of life before the distortion and corruption of experience. The Songs of Experience state the difficult experiences of adult life and how they destroy one’s innocence.
Home Songs of Innocence and of Experience E-Text: Songs of Innocence: The Chimney-Sweeper E-Text Songs of Innocence and of Experience Songs of Innocence: The Chimney-Sweeper. When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue. Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!' So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.
The poem The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence is about two children who are forced to work as sweepers in a Chimney. One of them was sold by his father after the death of his mother. The other child namely Tom Dacre cries when his head is shaved. The first child tries to console him.
This can be seen though William Blake’s poetry collections, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.The two books contrast yet complement each other as together they create a more accurate, complete view of the situation.
William Blake first wrote The Chimney Sweeper as part of a collection called Songs of Innocence in 1789 and a few years later wrote the second one, which is from Songs of Experience in 1794. One of the main similarities of the two poems is that they both evoke strong emotion and are beautifully written.
The companion poems in Songs of Innocence and of Experience establish a distance between the dissimilar states of pure innocence and world-worn experience. Blake’s illuminated poems, “Introduction” to both Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, feature a speaker whose inspirations, themes and tones highlight the dichotomy between the soul’s states of both innocence and experience.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and i.