Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of illustrated poems by William Blake that contrasts childlike purity with the darker realities of adult life and society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf illustrated book
poetry collection
work by William Blake
author William Blake NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain
creator William Blake NERFINISHED
depicts childlike purity
darker realities of adult life
oppressive social institutions
firstPart Songs of Innocence NERFINISHED
genre Romantic poetry
lyric poetry
hasInfluenced English literature
Romantic poetry tradition
hasPart Holy Thursday NERFINISHED
Infant Joy NERFINISHED
Infant Sorrow NERFINISHED
Introduction (Experience) NERFINISHED
Introduction (Innocence)
London NERFINISHED
Nurse’s Song NERFINISHED
The Chimney Sweeper NERFINISHED
The Divine Image NERFINISHED
The Garden of Love NERFINISHED
The Human Abstract NERFINISHED
The Lamb NERFINISHED
The Little Black Boy NERFINISHED
The Sick Rose NERFINISHED
The Tyger NERFINISHED
illustrationType hand-colored plates
illustrator William Blake NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement Romanticism
medium relief etching
notablePoem London NERFINISHED
The Chimney Sweeper NERFINISHED
The Lamb NERFINISHED
The Tyger NERFINISHED
printingTechnique illuminated printing
publicationYear 1794
secondPart Songs of Experience NERFINISHED
structure paired poems contrasting innocence and experience
theme childhood
corruption
experience
industrial society
innocence
loss of innocence
religion
social injustice

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William Blake hasPart Songs of Innocence and of Experience
this entity surface form: Songs of Innocence
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