A comparative study of Blakes Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

William Blake, rightly considered as the precursor of Romanticism in English poetry, has shown the world his artistic flavour and aesthetic brilliance through his masterpiece creations in the form of 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience ' which are complementary series to each other. In this article, I would endeavour to delve deep into some of his most famous poems featuring in the ' Innocence ' and 'Experience' sequence and make a comparative study thereof highlighting their individual charm and pleasantness as well as their interconnectedness in shaping the destiny of a complete man who is not only an embodiment of flesh and blood but is also a heavenly being with a soul possessing both the innocence and naivety of a child and also the awful and terrible manifestation of God's omnipotence in overcoming all the harsher aspects of life. In fact all the poems under the title of 'Innocence' and 'Experience' testify the staunch philosophy of William Blake who disseminates through his works the need of possessing one compact soul that equally harbours 'innocence' and 'experience' within itself to attain salvation hereafter.