![]() ![]() Geoffrey Keynes says that Blake, as the prophet "calls the Fallen Man to regain control of the world, lost when he adopted Reason (the 'starry pole') in place of Imagination.” Earth symbolizes the Fallen Man within the poem. In the poem, Blake's narratorial voice acts as the Ancient Bard and the Prophet, who hears Jehovah speaking to Adam in the Garden of Eden. ![]() "The Voice of the Ancient Bard" immediately precedes the Introduction to "Songs of Experience" in some copies of the Songs, and Earth's Answer follows in all copies. Its subject is closely connected with the poem The Voice of the Ancient Bard in the Songs of Innocence. The text has not been found in any draft or manuscript version. The poem is etched on a single plate and placed immediately after the title-page of the Songs of Experience. ![]() It was etched and published as part of his collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1794. Introduction to the Songs of Experience is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy AA, 1826, object 30 (Bentley 30, Erdman 30, Keynes 30) "Introduction" (The Fitzwilliam Museum) ![]()
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