In two centuries, amidst great wealth, we have stopped chimney sweeps, of such a young age, only to create other hazards, for both young and old. As the lyric goes, "When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn...".
What an excellent commentary on these poems! Some of my favorites to teach (though I did "Lamb" and "Tyger" if I had only time for two). I love your take on how to explain "experience" -- perfect!
Love this site. The folk singer Greg Brown made an album, Songs of Innocence and of Experience. He put the words of Blake to music.
This poem resonates at the beginning of another notable poetry journey. James Tate called his first little volume Notes of Woe.
Thanks for that tidbit, which I didn't know.
In two centuries, amidst great wealth, we have stopped chimney sweeps, of such a young age, only to create other hazards, for both young and old. As the lyric goes, "When will we ever learn, when will we ever learn...".
What an excellent commentary on these poems! Some of my favorites to teach (though I did "Lamb" and "Tyger" if I had only time for two). I love your take on how to explain "experience" -- perfect!