Question

How William Blake depicts “the two contrary states of the human soul” in the two introductory poems of Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Blake explores the two contrary states of the human soul in his collection of poems called Songs of Innocence and Experience, which is subtitled "Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul." The two contrary states he examines correspond to the Biblical state of innocence before the Fall—before humans ate of the tree of Good and Evil—and the state that followed.

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Answer 2

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Blake explores the "two contrary states of the human soul" in Songs of Innocence and of Experience by juxtaposing the experience of faith, wonder, and joy of the childlike perspective with the sense of horror, doubt, and suffering one gains through experience in a fallen world.