ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Songs of Innocence were published by Blake in 1789, and he produced a combined version of Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1794. The Songs are now often studied for their literary merit alone, but they were originally produced as illuminated books, engraved, hand-printed, and coloured by Blake himself.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Blake at Tate Britain The Songs of Innocence were published by Blake in 1789, and he produced a combined version of Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1794.

Detailed explanation-3: -–Blake describes innocence and experience as “the two contrary states of the human soul.” What do you think he means by this?

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Poet, painter, engraver, and visionary William Blake worked to bring about a change both in the social order and in the minds of men. Though in his lifetime his work was largely neglected or dismissed, he is now considered one of the leading lights of English poetry, and his work has only grown in popularity.