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The poems by themselves. . .Idk is not what I'm exactly drawn toward (definitely would not choose to read this as a text-only e-book), but it's because these poems were meant to be read on those illustrated plate things, which are wow, feels like tarot cards or something else. Songs of innocence and experience, I like the thinking of these two states a lot, the latter being much more interesting, the final poem ending well, the uncolored final-final one—
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Il 28 novembre del 1797 nasce a Londra William Blake.
"A World, A Heaven, The Eternity" - "Un Mondo", "un Cielo", "l'Eternità", in una poesia di William Blake. I primi quattro versi "Auguries of Innocence", scritta da William Blake sono, a mio parere, i versi più belli che siano mai stati scritti in tutte le lingue. Versi che trascendono il pensiero, sia laico che religioso, e conducono direttamente al cuore della condizione umana.
Blake riassume in semplici, infantili parole la visione del mondo ...more
"A World, A Heaven, The Eternity" - "Un Mondo", "un Cielo", "l'Eternità", in una poesia di William Blake. I primi quattro versi "Auguries of Innocence", scritta da William Blake sono, a mio parere, i versi più belli che siano mai stati scritti in tutte le lingue. Versi che trascendono il pensiero, sia laico che religioso, e conducono direttamente al cuore della condizione umana.
Blake riassume in semplici, infantili parole la visione del mondo ...more

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This was my first reading of this collection of William Blake's. There are two parts: "Songs of Innocence," which of course contains the well known "The Lamb," and "Songs of Experience," which contains "The Tyger."
The collection overall is, unsurprisingly, one of first Eden and then innocence lost. An interesting contrast and metaphysically profound.
I recognized a few other poems from various children's collections I have ("The Ecchoing Green" and "Night"), but I will admit that William Blake is ...more
The collection overall is, unsurprisingly, one of first Eden and then innocence lost. An interesting contrast and metaphysically profound.
I recognized a few other poems from various children's collections I have ("The Ecchoing Green" and "Night"), but I will admit that William Blake is ...more

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