英美文学7 William Blake.pptVIP

William Blake Songs of Innocence and Experience The main theme of this work came from Blakes belief that children lost their innocence as they grew older and were influenced by the ways of the world. Blake believed that children were born innocent. They grew to become experienced as they were influenced by the beliefs and opinions of adults. When this happened, they could no longer be considered innocent. The poems from Songs of Innocence were written from an innocent childs perspective. Those from Songs of Experience were written from the perspective of a more experienced person who had seen all of the evil in the world and had, in a way, become bitter towards it. Songs of Innocence and Experience The Songs of Innocence is a lively volume of poems which represent a happy and innocent world although there are evil and suffering existing, while the Songs of Experience paints quite a different world, a world full of misery, poverty, war, and repression. The poems in Songs of Experience are gray, gloomy and pessimistic. The Lamb Gave thee life, and bid thee feed, By the stream and o’er the mead Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice?  Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee Little Lamb, I’ll tell thee He is called by thy name, For He calls Himself a Lamb. He is meek, and He is mild; He became a little child. I a child, and thou a lamb, We are called by His name. The Lamb Companion piece to “The Tyger” Connotations of innocence Symbolism: Lamb = Jesus (“Lamb of God”) Jesus is also known as a shepherd who leads stray sheep (sinners) back to the flock (humanity) Tone: joyful, bright, happy (contrast with “The Tyger”) Structure Style of the Poem very simple musical simple rhyme scheme (couplet, 5 rhymes) AA BB CC DD AA / AA BC DD CB AA Symmetry structure Give stability, show the perfect of innocence worlds The layout is set up by two stanzas and theres a refrain ‘l’ vowels be remi