Songs of Innocence and Experie

Perfectly Poetic T.S. Eliot once said of Blake's writings, "The Songs of Innocence and the Songs of Experience, and the poems from the Rossetti manuscripts, are the poems of a man with a profound interest in human emotions, and a profound knowledge of them." (Grant, Pg 507) These two famous books of poetry written by William Blake, not only show men's emotions and feelings, but explain within themselves, the child's innocence, and man's experience. A …

…least because they call the readers to action against the social evils that make innocent people suffer." (Ferber, Pg 22) .. Work Cited Page Johnson, Mary L., and John E. Grant, eds. Blake's Poetry and Designs. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1979. Bloom, Harold. William Blake. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985. Ferber, Michael. The Poetry of William Blake. London: Pengiun Books, 1991. Rossetti, William M., ed. The Poetical Works of William Blake. London: G. Bell and Sons, LTD., 1914.