William Blake is the author of the two poems that introduce his book of poems, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Both these poems have a number of meanings to them, and they both contradict one another. This is in a way that one poem is thought to be aimed for children and more childish to its opposing poem book. The reason for this is because Songs of Innocence is less hearted and not as serious as Songs of Experience. Therefore Songs of Experience is seen to be the more adult text and Songs of Innocence is more childish. Also one of the poems is faster read, and more like a nursery rhyme, happy and good. The other rhymes but not alike to the nursery rhymes you would read as a child, sad and evil.

The `Introduction' poem to the book Songs of Innocence has a symbolic...