Blake: Section A planning AO1 A04 HW: Pick one of the questions from today and write it up under timed conditions.

To what extent do you agree with the view that in Songs of Innocence and Experience Blake presents innocence as dangerous rather than desirable?

How do you respond to the view that, in Songs of Innocence and of Experience, love is always presented as pure and natural?

“In Songs of Innocence and of Experience the countryside is a place where children can play safely.” Consider the ways in which Blake presents the relationship between the countryside and children in the light of this comment.

Consider the view that in Songs of Innocence and Experience the natural world is often seen as dangerous and threatening rather than benevolent and comforting.