SYMBOLS IN WILLIAM BLAKE’S POETRY SONG OF EXPERIENCE

Abstract

This study is entitled Symbols in William Blake’s Poetry Song of Experience. In this study, the writers are interested to know what the symbols that appears and the meaning of those symbols. The writers investigated 20 poetry from William Blake in the episode of Song of Experience. In this study, the writers used a qualitative method and descriptive approach. The result of the analysis shows that there are 42 symbols in 20 poems from Song of Experience. Most of the symbols appear are contextual symbols and the others are conventional symbols. 23 contextual symbols (54,8%) appear in 17 poems and 19 conventional symbols (45,2%) appear in 12 poems from 20 poetry. Each symbol in each poem in Song of Experience has diferrent meaning. There are symbols that mostly occur in different poems, such as rose and tree, but they give different meaning. The meanings of those symbols are influenced by the context of the poems.

Keywords: Symbols, William Blake, and Song of Experience.