Part one of term paper
William Blake wrote Songs of Innocence and Experience, concerned with the differences between how children and adults see and understand the world. Blake had a strong belief that man had potential to attain both wisdom and joy. He truly admired the innocence of children, which is reflected in much of his poetry. His poetry is also renowne ...

Part two of term paper
... knowledge of injustices, evils and confusion that comes with life experience. These poems focus on evil and the importance of understanding the injustices of the world, in hope of attaining a state of innocence. In Songs of Innocence Blake suggests that by recapturing the imagination and wonderment of childhood, we could achieve the goal of self-awareness... the poems are presented from the views of the world as filtered through the eyes and mind of a child. It can also be inferred that evil can ...