1. Blake's Innocence and experience
Here the nurse finds the days of her youth rise fresh in her mind, her face turns green and pale'. ... Unlike the nurse of Innocence, she does not encourage the children to enjoy the pleasures of their youth, but seeks to shatter their joy with the sour comment: Your spring and your day are wasted in play, And your winter and night in disguise. ... I believe that Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience do need to be read together in order to fully appreciate the contrast between the dually opposed ideas of good and evil, light and dark, youth and maturity, religion and sc...
- Word Count: 1564
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Undergraduate