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Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience
''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'' separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the two sets of poems into a volume titled ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul''. Even after beginning to print the poems together, Blake continued to produce individual volumes for each of the two sets of poetry. Blake was also a painter before the creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' and he engraved, hand-printed, and colored detailed art to accompany each of the poems in ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. This unique art helps tell the story of each poem, and was part of Blake's original vision for how each poem should be understood. Blake was heavily inspired by children's literature and juvenile education in his creation of ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a Song structure, structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without Musical instrument, instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laughing Song
"Laughing Song" is a poem published in 1789 by the English poet William Blake. This poem is one of nineteen in Blake's collection ''Songs of Innocence''. Analysis of the poem "Laughing Song" is a lyric poem, written in three stanzas of four-beat lines, rhyming AABB. The title of this poem and its rhyme scheme is very appropriate for the message that Blake is trying to convey. The title in itself states that this is a song about laughter, and the three stanzas give this impression, especially in the final line of the second stanza: "With their sweet round mouths sing 'Ha, Ha, He.' ", and the final line of the third stanza: "To sing the sweet chorus of 'Ha, Ha, He.' " Using words like "sing" and "chorus" for emphasis, Blake sets out to lure readers to the happiness of prelapsarian times, when things were unspoiled and innocent. Blake is inviting the readers to take part in the celebration; after all nature and all the people have begun to laugh and be merry, he wants all to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voice Of The Ancient Bard
"The Voice of the Ancient Bard" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection ''Songs of Innocence'' in 1789, but later moved to ''Songs of Experience'', the second part of the larger collection ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', 1794. Poem The following is a transcription of the poem: Context and interpretation The poem is not known in any draft or manuscript version. Initially it was a part of the ''Songs of Innocence'' and printed as verso to '' The Little Black Boy''; however, in the latest issues it is commonly placed last, forming a connecting link with the ''Introduction'' to the ''Songs of Experience''. After 1818, it was moved into ''Songs of Experience'' and became a terminal poem of all the collection of the ''Songs''. Blake speaks here as the Ancient Bard and the Prophet (who also appeared in the ''Introduction'' to the ''Songs of Experience''), trying “to reassure the ‘Youth of delight’ that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Girl Found
"The Little Girl Found" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Songs of Experience'' in 1794. In the poem, the parents of a seven-year-old girl, called Lyca, are looking desperately for their young daughter who is lost in the desert. During days and nights they go on looking for the girl up to the moment they find a lion which tells them where the child lies. The poem The poem begins with a girl's parents searching for her: At last, a spirit guides them to her: Analysis As a resolution to "The Little Girl Lost", this poem shows the fulfilling of Blake's image of the 'desert wild become a garden mild'; the parents' perceptions of nature have changed, and they no longer fear their natural surroundings. Blake uses this to demonstrate that positive change away from corrupt experience is possible, but only through an acceptance of that which is natural. Crucially, this poem gives hope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Girl Lost
"The Little Girl Lost" is a 1794 poem published by William Blake in his collection ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. According to scholar, Grevel Lindop, this poem represents Blake's pattern of the transition between "the spontaneous, imaginative Innocence of childhood" to the "complex and mature (but also more dangerous) adult state of Experience." Summary and structure According to Lindop, the poem starts out with a prophecy from Blake during the first two stanzas. This prophecy is telling readers that "our imperfect world will one day be redeemed and renewed by the God who created it." This is not a warning of a "second-coming" or "judgement day," but just Blake believing that those on earth must seek out God. According to scholar Thomas Connolly the Earth will "awake to see her maker" and this will bring out an "Edenic regeneration." Following the prophecy, the poem's narrative begins. Lyca, the "little girl" in the poem wanders out into the wilderness. Her parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The School Boy
"The School Boy" is a 1789 poem by William Blake and published as a part of his poetry collection entitled ''Songs of Experience''. These poems were later added with Blake's ''Songs of Innocence'' to create the entire collection entitled "Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul". This collection included poems such as "The Tyger", "The Little Boy Lost", "Infant Joy" and "The Shepherd (Blake), The Shepherd". These poems are illustrated with colorful artwork created by Blake first in 1789. The first printing in 1789 consisted of sixteen copies. None of the copies of Songs of Innocence are exactly alike as some of them are incomplete or were colored in posthumously "in imitation of" other copies. "The School Boy" is a poem written in the pastoral tradition that focuses on the downsides of formal learning. It considers how going to school on a summer day "drives all joy away". The boy in this poem is more interested in escaping his class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Another's Sorrow
"On Another's Sorrow" is a poem by the English poet William Blake. The poem discusses human and divine empathy and compassion. It was published as part of the ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'' separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the t ...'' in 1789 as the last song in the ''Songs of Innocence'' section. Blake argues that human sympathy is a valuable trait. After making this observation about man he then speaks of the sympathy of God, as well. In his commentary on the poem, D. G. Gillham notes that though Blake discusses the nature of God, he attempts to do so in a rational way without referring to the supernatural. The poem is one of the few entries in ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' that contains an explicit declaration of innocence.Gillham 1973, p. 71 It is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dream (Blake Poem)
"A Dream" is a poem by English poet William Blake. The poem was first published in 1789 in literature, 1789 as part of Blake's collection of poems entitled ''Songs of Innocence''. Background ''Songs of Innocence'' is a collection of 19 illustrated poems published in 1789. According to scholar Donald A. Dike, the collection does not “describe an absolute state of being or fashion an autonomous truth.” Rather, he says the poems are resistant, being “consciously against something and trying to see their way through something.” Songs of Innocence was followed by Blake's ''Songs of Experience'' in 1794. The two collections were published together under the title ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'', showing the "two contrary states of the human soul.” The poem Structure and summary In this poem, Blake portrays the concepts of the return to innocence from experience. No wonder the artist thought first of including it in “Songs of Experience” at first, finally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infant Joy
"Infant Joy" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was first published as part of his collection ''Songs of Innocence'' in 1789 and is the counterpart to " Infant Sorrow", which was published at a later date in ''Songs of Experience'' in 1794. Ralph Vaughan Williams set the poem to music in his 1958 song cycle ''Ten Blake Songs''. The poem Description Both "Infant Joy" and "Infant Sorrow" use two stanzas; however, "Infant Sorrow" uses a regular AABB rhyme scheme for both stanzas; whereas, ‘Infant Joy’ uses ABCDAC for the first stanza, and ABCDDC for the second. The most marked pattern in ‘Infant Joy’ is the double rhyme repeated in lines three, six, nine, and twelve, this pattern contrasts with the more insistent rhymes found in "Infant Sorrow". The two stanzas and their contrasting speakers, use repetition with variation link many of the other 'Songs of Innocence' poems, demonstrating what critic Heather Glen called the "difference yet harmony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nurse's Song
"Nurse's Song" is the name of two related poems by William Blake, published in ''Songs of Innocence'' in 1789 and ''Songs of Experience ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake. Originally, Blake illuminated and bound ''Songs of Innocence'' and ''Songs of Experience'' separately. It was only in 1794 that Blake combined the t ...'' in 1794. The poem in ''Songs of Innocence'' tells the tale of a nurse who, we are to assume, is looking over some children playing in a field. When she tries to call them in, they protest, claiming that it is still light and therefore there is still time to play. The poem fits in with the theme of innocence, as it makes no mention of the negative aspects of playing outside; the children are oblivious of the dangers of playing outside late at night that would be considered in a modern society. The language uses various images associated with children's playing and imagination. The nurse is of a j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spring (poem)
"Spring" is a lyric poem written and illustrated by William Blake. It was first published in ''Songs of Innocence'' (1789) and later in ''Songs of Innocence and Experience'' (1794). Background William Blake's ''Songs of Innocence'' (1789) is a lyric anthology that consists of nineteen illuminated poems. Each poem is accompanied with an illustration by Blake. ''Songs of Innocence'' was later combined with Blake's ''Songs of Experience'' in 1794 to make ''Songs of Innocence and Experience'', and were printed combined as well as separately. Poem Style The poem is split into three stanzas. The rhyme scheme goes AABBCCDDE. The last line of each stanza is the same to show the joy the author has for this time of year. The poem is written in dactylic feet. There are several reference's to other poems or characters from Blake's "Songs of Innocence." For example, the introduction of this poem speaks of the flutist, which comes from several of Blake's poems and is illustrated on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night (Blake)
"Night" is a poem in the illuminated 1789 collection ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Songs of Innocence'' by William Blake, later incorporated into the larger compilation ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. "Night" speaks about the coming of evil when darkness arrives, as angels protect and keep the sheep from the impending dangers. ''Songs of Innocence'' was written by William Blake in 1789 as part of his Illuminated Books. Blake's aim for his ''Songs'' was to depict the two contrary states of human existence: innocence and experience. The Songs speak upon the "innocence" of being a child and the "experience" gained over a lifetime. The ''Songs'' are separated into ten different objects, with each object offering a different situation and how it is viewed from a child's perspective. Background Blake was a non-conformist. He opposed the British monarchy and aligned his thoughts with Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft. Blake was an advocate for using the imagination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
