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FROM SONGS OF EXPERIENCE
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“SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE” IS A POETRY COLLECTION BY WILLIAM BLAKE PUBLISHED IN 1794. IT IS KIND OF A CONTINUING OF THE “SONGS OF INNOCENCE” PUBLISHED IN 1789. TWO POEMS OF BLAKE HAVE THE TITLE “THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER” : ONE IS FROM SONGS OF INNOCENCE, ONE IS FROM SONGS OF EXPERIENCE THERE IS A CHANGE IN PRESPECTIVE—>FROM A WORLD OBSERVED THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN TO A WORLD SEEN FROM ADULTS. WILLIAM BLAKE'S SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT HAD AN IMPACT ON THE POEMS IN THE COLLECTION. BECAUSE I WAS HAPPY UPON THE HEATH, AND SMIL'D AMONG THE WINTER'S SNOW, THEY CLOTHED ME IN THE CLOTHES OF DEATH, AND TAUGHT ME TO SING THE NOTES OF WOE. THE YOUNG CHIMNEY SWEEPER IS FORCED TO SACRIFICE HIS CHILDHOOD IN ORDER TO BECOME A WORKER. HIS PARENTS GAVE HIM AN HEAVY JOB, A REASON TO CRY, JUST BECAUSE THEY USED TO SEE HIM HAPPY AS A CHILD AND SO THEY THOUGHT HE COULD BEAR THE CONDITIONS OF A CHIMNEY SWEEPER. WITH THIS POEM BLAKE CRITICIZES ALSO SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, BECAUSE THE PARENTS OF THE CHILD ARE TOO CORRUPTED TO THINK WISELY, AND THEY JUST SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. rhyme scheme: c a c a AND BECAUSE I AM HAPPY AND DANCE AND SING, THEY THINK THEY HAVE DONE ME NO INJURY, AND ARE GONE TO PRAISE GOD AND HIS PRIEST AND KING, WHO MAKE UP A HEAVEN OF OUR MISERY." BLAKE REFERES TO THE GOVERNMENT (“KING”) AND TO RELIGIOUS LEADERS (“PRIEST”) WITH A CRITICAL INTENTION. THEY DO NOTHING TO IMPROVE TERRIBLE WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS. THE USE OF THE PHRASE "MAKE UP A HEAVEN OF OUR MISERY" HAS AN AMBIVALENT MEANING: THE FIRST IS THAT OF CREATING A HEAVEN AND THE SECOND IS THAT OF LYING ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF HEAVEN. HEAVEN IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PLACE OF BLISS, FREEDOM, AND COMMUNION WITH GOD, BUT ORGANIZED RELIGION OFFERS A “HEAVEN OF OUR MISERY.” A CORRUPT PLACE BUILT ON THE EXPLOITATION OF THE YOUNG AND IMPOVERISHED. rhyme scheme: d e d e -CORRUPTING INFLUENCE OF INSTITUTIONS, ESPECIALLY THE CHURCH, ON SOCIETY. -THE CHURCH REMOVES THE FREEDOMS AND JOYS OF CHILDHOOD AND ROBS CHILDREN OF THEIR YOUTH. -ORGANIZED RELIGION, IS SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM SPIRITUALITY, AND A TRUE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. -IT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MINDSET OF WILLIAM BLAKE. -BLAKE DOESN’T HIDE THE TRUE ESSENCE OF REALITY, HE TALKES ABOUT “UNCOMFORTABLE TOPICS”. -DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POEMS THE CHIMNEY SWEEPERS FROM SONGS OF INNOCENCE HOLD ON TO THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AS A WAY OF COPING WITH THEIR BAD SITUATION. THE SWEEPER FROM SONGS OF INNOCENCE KNOWS THAT ORGANIZED RELIGION IS A FORM OF OPPRESSION, NOT SALVATION.
