Songs of Innocence and Experience

Name: Songs of Innocence and Experience
Author: William Blake

by William Blake

Dual collection showing childhood innocence and adult experience through symbolic imagery

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William Blake

English poet, painter, and printmaker whose Songs of Innocence and Experience and prophetic books created a visionary mythology critiquing rationalism and social injustice. He is considered the first major Romantic poet.

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