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"Infant Joy" appears in Songs of Innocence, the first half of English poet William Blake's groundbreaking collection Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794). Giving voice to a two-day-old baby who names themselves "Joy," the poem celebrates the miracle of new life.
Summary. Another simple song celebrating happiness, this poem focuses on the gift of life in a newborn baby. Only two days old, the baby is asked, presumably by its mother, what name it wants. The baby names itself Joy, for that is all it knows. The mother then happily blesses the baby Joy, with the hope that joy will indeed be its lot in life ...
This poem is the mirror of ‘Infant Sorrow’ in Songs of Experience. It is a simple song that celebrates happiness, focusing on a new born baby.
‘Infant Joy’: summary. A newborn infant speaks, telling us that it was born just two days ago and has not even been given a name yet. Someone – presumably the mother – asks the infant what she should call it. As it is happy, the infant suggests that it should be called Joy. The mother blesses her child, asking that sweet joy befall it ...
‘ Infant Joy’ by William Blake is a short poem in which an infant receives its name, and its mother praises and blesses it. In the first stanza of ‘Infant Joy,’ the speaker, who is immediately revealed to be a two-day-old child, chooses the name “Joy” when its mother asks what she should name.
Songs of Innocence, Infant Joy 'I have no name; I am but two days old.' What shall I call thee? 'I happy am, Joy is my name.' Sweet joy befall thee! Pretty joy! Sweet joy, but two days old. Sweet joy I call thee: Thou dost smile, I sing the while; Sweet joy befall thee!
The poem "Infant Joy" is a celebration of a new life. In the first stanza, the newborn baby, two days old, asserts that he or she is happy.
