Children and Religion

From William Blake's "Songs of Experience," there are several poems that carry the same subject. The idea of lost innocence, of losing a child, or of a child losing something are prominent in most of these poems. There are also numerous religious references, with many pointing to belief in God, who has a scary and powerful presence in these poems, The institution of the arbiters of religion are given a restrictive role in "The Garden of Love," which seems to show Blake's poetic use of his poetry to comment on children's loss of innocence and the binds of religion to hold people.