Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience
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Classics of English poetry, alternately describing childhood states of innocence and their inevitable ensnarement in a corrupt and repressive world. Contains the full texts of all the poems in the original 1794 edition of both collections.
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Lyrical and fascinating, filled with a strange energy (sexual and v. passionate in parts) while not all of the poems were my vibe, it's easy to recognise how good they are. My favourites were “The Voice of the Ancient Bard”, “Night”, “The Tyger”, “My Pretty Rose Tree”, “To Tirzah”, and The Little Girl/Boy Lost poems in both parts.