William Brake "The Tyger", "The Lamb"

Blake’s contrary states in between “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience” inspire readers to think about central theme of its implications. The tones are dramatically changed with paradox conveying powerful messages. As the mainstream of English Romantic Poetries, Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Hymn to Intellectual Beauty” and William Wordsworth’s Ode: “Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early childhood” also help us to understand the perceptions of Blake’s contrary states as a whole picture. Furthermore, Socratic Method and Plato’s Rhetoric illustrate how to analyze the answer from its implications. However, The Buddha’s “Meditation: The path to Enlightenment,” is the most beneficial idea that helps us to approach the central point of Blake’s vision, and direct our thoughts to formulate the insights with clarity. As an illustration of “Songs of Innocence,” it manifests how the innocent child feels the benevolent God, with naturally peaceful mind. The little child, asking “Little Lamb, who made thee?” defines the sincere answer, “Little Lamb, God bless thee!” (“The Lamb” 4). With the same childlike ambiance, wanting to be a good boy to God, the little boy states, “He’d have God for his father & never want joy,” since then, he’d be a God’s son and be under God’s affection. He also states, “So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm,” having an assured faith to God, (“The Chimney Sweeper” 279). It carries the conviction with confidence that God is his side. The impression of “Songs of Innocence” is fulfilled with such a joy and harmony that the little boy walks into the bright light toward the sun leading to the delightful sight, furthermore forwarding to the idea of good. In “Songs of Experience,” in contrast, Blake changed to the dark tones that the experienced boy feels anger with fear not only against the dark reality, but also his