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Title
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Title Page: Songs of Experience (1983)
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Student Commentary:
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This version of the title page for Songs of Experience, included in the combined edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1983 facsimile), is a simple impression of the title with a few leaves above it, without the rest of the images or colors found in copies made by Blake. The Manchester Workshop edition used specially created paper for their project, which is effective in showing the deep impression left by an uninked plate. This paper, however, is generally thought to be thicker than paper that would have been used by Blake. Not available at the William Blake Archive; consult the book in Schaffer Library for a detailed view of the image.
