The `Introduction' poem to the book Songs of Innocence has a symbolic representation, and it is quite the opposite to the `Introduction' of the book called Songs of Experience

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illiam Blake is the author of the two poems that introduce his book of poems, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Both these poems have a number of meanings to them, and they both contradict one another. This is in a way that one poem is thought to be aimed for children and more childish to its opposing poem book. The reason for this is because Songs of Innocence is less hearted and not as serious as Songs of Experience. Therefore Songs of Experience is seen to be the more adult text and Songs of Innocence is more childish. Also one of the poems is faster read, and more like a nursery rhyme, happy and good. The other rhymes but not alike to the nursery rhymes you would read as a child, sad and evil.

The `Introduction' poem to the book Songs of Innocence has a symbolic representation, and it is quite the opposite to the `Introduction' of the book called Songs of Experience. The word innocent can mean many things, such as purity, untouched, softness, nurture, gentleness and nature, these all relate to the image of country. The real definition of innocence is `free from moral wrong'. This is nothing like the meanings of experience. These meanings can be corrupt, evil, impure and they can all relate to the image of city. The definition of experience is `observation or practical acquaintance with facts or events'. As you can see just from the title of these two books of poems, you can tell that they are not going to be alike, nor will they have any similar qualities at all.

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William Blake was quite the religious man; at the age of four he believed that he has experienced a mystical incidence. The `Introduction poem to Songs of Experience is very much related to Blake's beliefs in religion. A part of the first stanza is,

"The holy word,

That walked among the ancient tree."

This has to do with Jesus and Blake's beliefs that he has seen a mystical tree full of angels. This also relates to another part of the poem in the seconds stanza,

"And fallen, fallen light renew."

This symbolises that the person should come back to go, ...

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