{"product_id":"songs-of-innocence-and-songs-of-experience-9780486270517","title":"Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Blake\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs both painter and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) was a powerful and visionary artist whose two early collections of poetry, \u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSongs of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, contain memorable lyric verses embodying the emerging spirit of Romanticism. The two works were published together in 1794 with the subtitle, \"Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.\" \u003cbr\u003eThe poems of \u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e describe childhood states of naturalness and purity in delicately beautiful lyrics that reveal a child's unspoiled and beatific view of life and human nature. In \u003ci\u003eSongs of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e the mood and tone darken, the poems suggesting the bitter corruptions and disillusionment that await the innocent. The contrast between the two sets of lyrics is perhaps at its most acute in the poems \"The Lamb\" and \"The Tyger,\" the latter ultimately expressing wonderment at the seemingly paradoxical coexistence of good and evil. The full texts of all the poems in the 1794 edition of both collections are included in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45298536120471,"sku":"9780486270517","price":303.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780486270517.webp?v=1769284363","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/songs-of-innocence-and-songs-of-experience-9780486270517","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}