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: -In 1789 “Songs of Innocence” were written: they are a collection of poems centred around the figure of the child and focusing on the theme of innocence. Instead “Songs of Experience” shows that innocence is corrupted and destroyed by human experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is William Blake’s poetry about? Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (1794) is arguably William Blake’s most well-known poetic composition.

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.