... world in which we live, and how we see things differently when we are first in a state of innocence and when we reach maturity. The poems are presentations of a contradiction between innocence and experience, two areas of life through which we all must pass and are, in initial appearance at least, ... very similar to the genre of late eighteenth-century children's poetry, in terms of theme, title and simplicity. The subject matter of the poems would have been familiar at the time, with titles such as The Lamb and The Divine Image sounding like childrens' hymns. A point to make about ... ...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate