William Blake



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English poet and artist William Blake wrote verse inspired with mystical vision and abounding in complex symbolism. Blake explored the possibility of human perfection in the collection Songs of Innocence (1789), while he considered the nature of evil in Songs of Experience (1794), the two series of poems embodying “the two contrary states of the human soul”. Blake also juxtaposed poems from the first collection with corresponding poems from the second. For example, “The Lamb” from the first collection provides a gentle counterpart to “The Tyger” (excerpt recited by an actor), from the second.

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Blake, William; Children's Literature

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