{"product_id":"songs-of-innocence-and-experience-by-william-blake","title":"Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence and of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e is an collection of poems by William Blake.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eNote:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a complete Table of Contents of the included poems, see the 'Questions' section below.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work compiles two contrasting but directly related books of poetry by William Blake. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e honors and praises the natural world, the natural innocence of children and their close relationship to God. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs of Experience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e contains much darker, disillusioned poems, which deal with serious, often political themes. It is believed that the disastrous end to the French Revolution produced this disillusionment in Blake. He does, however, maintain that true innocence is achieved only through experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59470333116702,"sku":null,"price":290.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59470333149470,"sku":null,"price":420.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59470333182238,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/171547.jpg?v=1781633338","url":"https:\/\/www.readroombd.com\/products\/songs-of-innocence-and-experience-by-william-blake","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}