ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Song of Innocence and Experience is the most famous poem written by William Blake.
A
False
B
True
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -William Blake’s Most Famous Work Blake’s most well-known work is probably the collection Songs of Innocence and Experience. The collection known as the Songs of Innocence was first produced in 1789. In 1794, Blake combined them with another set of poems called Songs of Experience.

Detailed explanation-2: -Regarding Blake’s final poem, Jerusalem, she writes: “The promise of the divine in man, made in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, is at last fulfilled."

Detailed explanation-3: -One of his most famous works is a book called Songs of Innocence and Experience. It was published in 1789 and was inspired by illuminated manuscripts made by monks in medieval times. One of the most famous poems in the book is called The Tyger. The painting below is called The Good and Evil Angels.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Songs of Innocence and of Experience were intended by Blake to show ‘the two contrary states of the human soul’. The Tyger is the contrary poem to The Lamb in the Songs of Innocence. The Lamb is about a kindly God who ‘calls himself a Lamb’ and is himself meek and mild.

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