seek the innocence he felt in his youth. However, he sees that "graves and tomb-stones [are] where the flowers should be" (9, 10) , and therefore understands that he has lost the naiveté of his childhood. As a result, he is forced to face the reality of the Church, and the horror of what it represents. Likewise, when Blake states that he "saw what [he] never had seen" (2), he is suggesting that there is a change in how he sees his surroundings as an adult, and is not just seeing a change in the garden itself.
             The "Garden of Love" is more than just a physical place, for it is also a place that exists only within the speaker. For example, it grants him "joys and desires" (12) that are only known to the narrator himself, as they aren't elaborated on or explained to the readers. Likewise, in Blake's time, gardens were within walls and were privately owned, which symbolizes how this garden has an intimate meaning known only to him. Moreover, because the green is one that "so many sweet flower
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