1. INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE
... two days old, sweet joy I call thee ; thou dost smile, I sing the while- Sweet joy befall thee." (890) Innocence is synonymous of a joy of live, which hide all other problems. Whereas the second poetry Infant Sorrow has a negative connotation which illustrates the passage from the innocence to experience. The baby leapt and cry:" Into the dangerous world I leapt, Helpless, naked, piping loud ". (890) In this ... to think that experiences can help him to reconstruct a true world : the reality and not the fantasy. Experience allows him to be protected against other disillusions and to be ...
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