"Infant Joy" and "Infant Sorrow" by William Blake show the growth in relationship
             between a child and his parents. The poems represent a child's feelings as he enters the world
             and as he becomes detached from his parents. Individuality is a main theme
             throughout Blake's "Songs of innocence", and is clearly represented through "Infant Joy" and
             "Infant Sorrow". "Infant Joy" and "Infant Sorrow" illustrate how the child felt as he was going
             through the beginning stages of life.
             "Infant Joy" shows how the child felt as he came into the world. "Pretty joy!/Sweet joy
             but two days old/Sweet joy I call thee/Thou dost smile/I sing the while/Sweet joy befall thee//".
             The infant in the poem is overwhelmed with a sense of security. He feels as though he is
             protected by his mother and no one is able to harm him. The child is in a state of bliss and is
             unprepared for the changes he is about to experience.
             "Infant Sorrow" creates a feeling of how the child felt as he was becoming an individual.
             The child is thrown into a "dangerous" world unaware of what is to become of him without his
             parents. He no longer has the security he found in his mother or father. The child must undergo
             the next stages in his life. He may no longer depend on his parents as a shield from the world
             Both poems show an extreme amount of opposition. In "Infant Joy" the child is safe and
             unaware of the corrupt world outside of his mother and father. He is protected and secure. In
             "Infant Sorrow" he must become independent, he is no longer safe. He is vulnerable and alone.
             He is reaching out for the help of his parents but they can not help
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