David Lindsay stated that "Innocence may be provisionally described as a state in which the human faculties are perfectly integreted..." and "Expierence as a state of conflict and disintegration breeds a variety of moods and voices, from the self-centered to the prophetic..." These definitions are verified in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Expierence. In "The Nurses Song" from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Expierence, Blake speaks through the Nurse of innocence, contrasting her with the cynical nurse of expierence. In this depiction of innocence, Blake shows one must have enough innocence to understand and appriciate it, but at the same time must have enough expierence to protect it. As the readers, we are shown through imagery and detail how exactly William Blake wants us to view the innocent and the experienced. Blake uses interesting style, language and imagery in comparing these contradictory life stages...