• Vishal Arvindbhai Patel

In 1789, Blake published the Songs of Innocence. Later in 1794, he produced the collective version of Songs of Innocence and Experience. These days, the songs are frequently studied for their literary worth alone. However, they were produced as informative books hand-printed, colored, and engraved by Blake himself. The textual aspect of the poem and the illustration was created as an integrated whole, each adding meaning to the other. Used the highlights from the book Songs of Innocence and Experience in their original illustrated form and learn further through summaries and in-depth analyses of each poem. In this research paper, The researcher will explore how the narrator thinks that it is a scandal that a country as rich and prosperous as England neglected so many children living under extreme poverty. It is true that the first verse is rectified to a great extent with the help of the first one. It is a matter of fact that England cannot be termed as a rich country when there are such a huge number of poor children is living in this country. These children are sunless and never out of winter. Moreover, the second verse goes a few steps further saying that there cannot be other seasons as long as these children are hungry. Rain or sunshine are the cause of happiness but nobody has the right to enjoy such happiness when thousands of suffering from such happiness. The poem “Holy Thursday, Chimney Sweeper, The little black boy Lost and London” deals with the social problem. They actually symbolize the then society than in England. In this Article, the researcher studied the then England in Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake in detail.

William Blake, Holy Thursday, suffering, misery

"Representation of the then England in Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.272-280, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906F44.pdf

"Representation of the then England in Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp272-280, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906F44.pdf