Which of the following statements about the poems in Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience is true ?

Cultural and Literary 18th-19th Centuries 31/10/2021

A. The poems defend the industrial revolution as helping England’s economy.
B. The poems criticize religious institutions for not helping the oppressed.
C. The poems reject experience in favor of innocence.
D. The poems reject innocence in favor of experience.

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