Introduction
Piping down the valleys wild,
Piping songs of pleasant glee,
On a cloud I saw a child,
And he laughing said to me:
``Pipe a song about a Lamb!''
So I piped with a merry chear.
``Piper, pipe that song again;''
So I piped: he wept to hear.
``Drop thy pipe, thy happy pipe;
Sing thy songs of happy chear:''
So I sung the same again,
While he wept with joy to hear.
``Piper, sit thee down and write
In a book, that all may read.''
So he vanish'd from my sight,
And I pluck'd a hollow reed,
And I made a rural pen,
And I stain'd the water clear,
And I wrote my happy songs,
Every child may joy to hear.
The Introduction to William Blakes "Songs of Innocence"
carries a very whimsical childlike tone. Much of the poem has a ryhme scheme that is similar to many childlike poems. This
poem is different than other poems that can be found in "songs of Innocence" because it is happy and child friendly.
This poem can be said to be ironic because the rest of the poetry in this reading is not whimisical and loving.
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