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    The document is an excerpt from William Blake's poems "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience". It provides analysis of two poems: "The Divine Image" from Songs of Innocence and "The Human Abstract" from Songs of Experience. The poems contrast the innocent, divine state of humanity with the fallen, abstract state where mercy and pity are distorted. Blake depicted the dual nature of human experience through these paired poems and volumes.

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    Poems by Blake
    William Blake was a poet, painter and engraver.
    He abhorred the rationalism and materialism of
    his times. What he saw and painted were human
    beings beset with evil, yet striving for the divine
    within them.
    Blake’s lyrics appeared in two sets of volumes:
    Songs of Innocence (from which The Divine Image
    has been chosen) and Songs of Experience (from
    which The Human Abstract has been taken)
    representing the two contrary states of the human
    William Blake soul. Most of the poems in the first volume have
    1757-1827 counterparts in the second.

    I
    The Divine Image

    To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love


    All pray in their distress;
    And to these virtues of delight
    Return their thankfulness.

    For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love


    Is God our father dear,
    And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
    Is Man, his child and care.

    For Mercy has a human heart,


    Pity a human face,
    And Love, the human form divine,
    And Peace, the human dress.

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    Then every man, of every clime,


    That prays in his distress,
    Prays to the human form divine,
    Love, Mercy, Pity, Peace.

    And all must love the human form,


    In heathen, turk, or jew;
    Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell
    There God is dwelling too.

    II
    The Human Abstract

    Pity would be no more


    If we did not make somebody Poor;
    And Mercy no more could be
    If all were as happy as we.

    And mutual fear brings peace,


    Till the selfish loves increase:
    Then Cruelty knits a snare,
    And spreads his baits with care.

    He sits down with holy fears,


    And waters the ground with tears;
    Then Humility takes its root
    Underneath his foot.

    Soon spreads the dismal shade


    Of Mystery over his head;
    And the Caterpillar and Fly
    Feed on the Mystery.

    And it bears the fruit of Deceit,


    Ruddy and sweet to eat;
    And the Raven his nest has made
    In its thickest shade.

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    The Gods of the earth and sea


    Sought thro’ Nature to find this Tree;
    But their search was all in vain:
    There grows one in the Human Brain.
    Note: Blake’s poetry was published in a manner most unusual in
    literature and art history; he personally manufactured each
    copy. The verses were not typeset but were, with the engravings
    that illustrated them, cut into copper plates. The pages
    themselves he illuminated in water colours. Thus Blake can
    be called the first multi-media artist.

    Understanding the Poem


    1. How are these two matched poems related to each other in
    content? How is the human being depicted in the Song of
    Innocence and how is he/she depicted in the Song of Experience?
    Do we find both aspects working in an average human being?
    2. How would you explain the lines
    For Mercy has a human heart,
    Pity a human face,
    And Love, the human form divine,
    And Peace, the human dress.
    3. How do Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love get distorted in the human
    brain?
    4. Blake’s poetry expresses one aspect of his multi-dimensional
    view of human experience—of mankind once whole and happy,
    now fallen into discord and tyranny, from which it must be
    rescued. Explain with reference to these two poems.

    Language Work
    1. Certain words in the poem have been capitalised. Can you think
    of reasons for this?
    2. Count the syllables in the lines of ‘The Divine Image’. Do you
    see a pattern?
    The first line has eight and the second line has six syllables.
    Two syllables make a foot in poetry. Here the first syllable of
    each foot is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.

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    Try this Out


    Read ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ in Songs of Innocence, and then
    ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ in Songs of Experience, and contrast
    the two. You could also read ‘The Lamb’ and ‘The Tiger’.

    Suggested Reading
    Songs of Innocence by William Blake
    Songs of Experience by William Blake.

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