William_Blakes_Contrary_States

William Blakes Contrary States William Blake’s Theory of Contrary States BY: DELORES JOHNSON William Blake was a talented poet. Many fans and critics alike think him one of the greatest poets of his time. It will be my duty and my pleasure to try a new approach to his writings and some insight to his poems. Of all his poetry that I have read I find the most contrast within the two collections of lyric poems called Songs of Innocence and Experience (1789-1794). These poems represent how Blake felt about “the two states of the human soul.” The poems in these collections were meant to contrast each other to reflect that. “Without contraries there is no progression” was often heard from his lips. I agree with that sentiment. I m a college student and as such I am going down poems, blake, within, man, two, towards, time, think, sympathy, struggle, states, soul, poet, often, contrast, contrary, collections, believe, yet, writings, without, views, uncover, try, trusting, truly, thursday, theory, talented, sweeper, student, stirred, spiritual, songs, society