William Blake "Man, born free, is everywhere in chains." (Pg. 328) This was the basis for William Blake's poetry. Blake may have written dreams of sunny days, angels, "wise guardians," "songs of pleasant glee," little ones leaping, shouting, and laughing, but to Blake these were all "Songs of Innocence." To Blake, one had not experienced enough to "know" that life was dreadful, dreary, cruel, and merciless. The reason behind writing "Songs of Innocence," then "Songs of …showed first 75 words of 1045 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1045 total… the mind set that he will bring joy to a crashing halt. He first creates an ideal. Blake makes a poem that was completely happy and heartfelt that evoked warm feelings and then wrote a dark sinister double to it. It was very creative to be able to create the separate meanings in the different poems as Blake had done. Although the poems had the same title, it was a whole different message intended.