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"Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" appears to be very simplistic on first reading. Explain how the poems are in fact a much more complex exploration of Blake's beliefs and times. William Blake was born in London in 1757. He was home educated and was part of the upper working class as his father was a hosier. He was sent to a drawing school and was a dissenting Christian. His Christian beliefs are reflected in several of his poems. Blake became married in 1783 and married for love rather than money and status. To understand his poems fully we first need to understand what the titles of his two major sets of poetry mean. Innocence in the terms of Blake's poetry is "a person who has very little experience and does not know about the bad things that happen in life"-Quoted from the Dictionary. Immediately a link is made...

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