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Questions about the collection of poems entitled 'Songs of Experience' by William Blake, published in 1794. These poems are usually published together with the earlier 'Songs of Innocence' from 1789 and then given the title 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience'. Use this tag with the [william-blake] tag.

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What is the "starry pole" in Blake's "Songs of Experience"?

The phrase “starry pole” is a quotation from Milton’s Paradise Lost, whose book IV describes the life of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden: Thus, at their shady lodge arrived, both stood, Both turne …
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