'Songs of Innocence and Experience' QUIZ 1

Blake's ideal version of 'God' was...

• a tyrannical dictator

• a meek a mild ruler

• Jesus: a figure amongst mankind

Above all else, Blake was keen to champion...

• The charitable nature of the church

• The power of the creative imagination

• The monetary value of his poetry

Without the __________ of Innocence and Experience, there is no progression

Blake believed that to see the world with a SINGLE vision, was to be robbed of...

• everything that mattered in life

• rationality

• success

Which two are FREQUENT characters in Blake's collection?

• The child

• The Tyger

• The lamb

• The Piper

What is ominous about 'The Echoing Green'?

• It foreshadows the loss of innocence

• there is a hierarchy between adults and children

• Nature and humanity are not in a state of symbiosis

Where is Experience FORESHADOWED in 'Introduction'?

• In the pastoral setting

• In the abusive nature of the Piper

• In the characters used: the lamb and the child

• In the 'stained' water

'The Lamb' offers up a _______ view of the creator

• Limited

• promising

• fierce

'The Shepherd' like _____________ offers up a LACK of hierarchy between authority figures and children

• 'Introduction'

• 'The Echoing Green'

• 'The Tyger'

• 'The Nurse's Song' of Experience

What might the simile 'like birds in their nest' imply...

• That the children are safe and protected

• The the children are fragile/vulnerable

• Both are potential readings here