SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE
shewing the two contrary states of the human soul
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The complete Songs of Innocence and of Experience โ€” 45 poems, in the spelling and pointing William Blake engraved himself. Pick one, read it, and talk about what it means โ€” the choice, the virtue, your own life โ€” with your Reading Coach, who asks instead of tells.

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  • How a Song Gets Made โ€” Introduction How a Song Gets Made
  • Watchfulness โ€” The Shepherd Watchfulness
  • The Shape of a Day โ€” The Ecchoing Green The Shape of a Day
  • The Question and the Answer โ€” The Lamb The Question and the Answer
  • A Poem That Argues With Itself โ€” The Little Black Boy A Poem That Argues With Itself
  • Reading What Isn't Said โ€” The Blossom Reading What Isn't Said
  • Comfort and Its Uses โ€” The Chimney Sweeper Comfort and Its Uses
  • Being Left โ€” The Little Boy lost Being Left
  • Rescue โ€” The Little Boy found Rescue
  • Joy Without Argument โ€” Laughing Song, Joy Without Argument
  • Watching a Child Sleep โ€” A CRADLE SONG Watching a Child Sleep
  • Where the Sacred Lives โ€” The Divine Image Where the Sacred Lives
  • Charity on Display โ€” HOLY THURSDAY Charity on Display
  • What Pity Can and Cannot Do โ€” Night What Pity Can and Cannot Do
  • Sound Before Sense โ€” Spring Sound Before Sense
  • Who Decides When Play Ends โ€” Nurse's Song Who Decides When Play Ends
  • Naming โ€” Infant Joy Naming
  • Scale and Sympathy โ€” A Dream Scale and Sympathy
  • The Argument for Sympathy โ€” On Anothers Sorrow The Argument for Sympathy
  • Who Is Speaking โ€” Introduction Who Is Speaking
  • The Reply โ€” EARTH'S Answer The Reply
  • Two Definitions of Love โ€” The CLOD & the PEBBLE Two Definitions of Love
  • The Same Day, Seen Again โ€” HOLY THURSDAY The Same Day, Seen Again
  • Sleep Among the Beasts โ€” The Little Girl Lost Sleep Among the Beasts
  • What the Parents Find โ€” The Little Girl Found What the Parents Find
  • The Child Who Knows โ€” The Chimney Sweeper The Child Who Knows
  • The Voice That Doesn't Give In โ€” NURSES Song The Voice That Doesn't Give In
  • What the Worm Does โ€” The SICK ROSE What the Worm Does
  • A Small Logical Argument โ€” THE FLY A Small Logical Argument
  • Defences โ€” The Angel Defences
  • The Question That Isn't Answered โ€” The Tyger The Question That Isn't Answered
  • Faithfulness and Its Reward โ€” My Pretty ROSE TREE Faithfulness and Its Reward
  • Longing After Time โ€” AH! SUN-FLOWER Longing After Time
  • Defence and Its Absence โ€” THE LILLY Defence and Its Absence
  • What Was Built on the Green โ€” The GARDEN of LOVE What Was Built on the Green
  • An Honest Proposal โ€” The Little Vagabond An Honest Proposal
  • What a City Sounds Like โ€” LONDON What a City Sounds Like
  • Taking the Virtues Apart โ€” The Human Abstract Taking the Virtues Apart
  • Arrival โ€” INFANT SORROW Arrival
  • What Anger Grows Into โ€” A POISON TREE What Anger Grows Into
  • The Cost of Asking โ€” A Little BOY Lost The Cost of Asking
  • The Father's Look โ€” A Little GIRL Lost The Father's Look
  • Refusing the Mother โ€” To Tirzah Refusing the Mother
  • Learning Under a Cruel Eye โ€” The School Boy Learning Under a Cruel Eye
  • The Last Word โ€” The Voice of the Ancient Bard The Last Word