"Songs of Innocence and Experience" is a collection of poems by the great English poet and artist William Blake. In these poems, the author expresses two opposite states of the human soul - innocence and experience. The poems in "Songs of Innocence" reflect the world of childhood, joy and purity, while in "Songs of Experience" Blake expresses his perception of the cruelty and poverty of the world. This is a poetic work that reveals the opposite states of human existence and calls on the reader to consider his attitude to the world around him. "Songs of Innocence and Experience" remain one of the classic works of romanticism, which retain their relevance and depth to this day.