lamb to show the innocent side of life nbsp In Nurse s Song children play happily in the fields Their nurse watches them with love The nurse enjoys their laughter and lets them play late nbsp Well well go and play till the light fades away nbsp It shows the innocent side of the human soul This side values childhood joy and freedom nbsp In The Chimney Sweeper even though the little children are forced to work they hold onto hope Tom Dacre a little chimney sweep sees in a dream that an angel releases all the children from coffins of black nbsp And he opened the coffins amp set them all free nbsp The children then leap run laugh and play in the green fields and bathe in the river This dream shows the child s innocent belief He believes that good behavior and faith will bring reward in heaven nbsp Experience The poems in Songs of Experience show the darker side of life Experience brings knowledge of pain loss and how society can be cruel nbsp In The Tyger The tiger is a symbol of violence power and evil It represents the darker side of life Blake asks how the same God could create both the lamb and the tiger nbsp Did he who made the Lamb make thee nbsp Just as the lamb and tiger both exist human souls have two contrary states innocence and experience Human life contains both goodness and cruelty nbsp In The Chimney Sweeper Songs of Experience this little chimney sweep is aware of society s cruelty He feels bitter and angry He knows how children are forced to work in dangerous conditions He is covered in black soot He cries in the snow While he suffers his parents pray in church He says they have given him clothes of death nbsp They clothed me in the clothes of death nbsp This line shows the child s suffering and misery He blames society and religion for using children like him and pretending everything is fine This side is experience nbsp In Nurse s Song Songs of Experience the nurse no longer enjoys watching the children play Instead she feels bitter and jealous She calls their play a waste of time She sees childhood joy as meaningless Because she knows life will bring pain This shows how experience destroys the freedom and joy of childhood nbsp Blake s View of the Human Soul Through these contrary states Blake portrays the journey of the human soul Innocence shows the beauty of life Experience teaches us about life s difficulties Blake shows both exist in the world He believes both are necessary to understand life We must know both the joy of innocence and the lessons of experience nbsp In conclusion William Blake presents the two opposite sides of the human soul Innocence reminds us of life s beauty and joy Experience forces us to confront life s hardships and injustices