Blake is intelligent for being able to articulate two versions of the same poem and, while only changing it slightly, change the whole meaning of the poem altogether. Starting with "Introduction," in "Songs of Innocence," William Blake had written of a small child asking to play a song that is cheerful, then sing happily and finish by writing it all in a book so that all who will read it may enjoy the happy songs. While this song may be a joyous melodious poem that is not the real case in the wishes of Blake. Readers will find this out in the second book "Songs of Experience," in which a second form of "Introduction" is exhibited. Th

is second poem sounds much like the first except that it has a depressing tone that the first did not. Instead of "Piping a song about a lamb," the line is replaced with "Calling the lapsed Soul And weeping in the evening dew." So clearly the second poem is written by Blake to show that life is not the happy place that it may seem.

For Blake, he must've had a great time creating poems with two sides to them. With the "Divine Image" from "Songs of Innocence," life and church society are said to be peaceful, loving, and merciful. "All Pray in their distress And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness." This last part of the first stanza states that all will pray when they are in a rut and be returned with kindness. Life in "Divine Image" of "Songs of Experience" is very different. The human heart is filled with cruelty, jealousy, terror, and secrecy all very deep, dark. The second poem although shorter has a very dark demeanor to it. Speaking upon the troubles that humans may have at times.

Another poetic duo in Blake's "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience," are "Infant Joy" and "Infant Sorrow." In "Songs of Innocence," "Infant Joy" is the joyous occasion of childbirth. The joy of creating life and life creating joy is the heart of this poem. Being two days old the child still does not have a name, but he chooses to name himself Joy halfway through the poem but in the end he says he will sing as he waits for joy to let him down. In "Infant Sorrow," birth is depicted, as a painful lesson one must learn. "My mother groaned! My father wept," says the first line.

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