Interestingly enough, William Blake's poems from Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience usually provide common topics but opposing perspectives; each perspective has refined my means with unique writing techniques. “The Shepherd” from Songs of Innocence and “The Garden of Love” from Songs of Experience share the experiences of a shepherd but “The Shepherd” creates a joyful and friendly atmosphere through Blake's choice of words while “The Garden of Love" creates a painful mood by means of images. In "The Shepherd" the sweet and love-filled diction creates a joyful atmosphere while in "The Garden of Love" the juxtaposition of bright and dark images creates a depressing and negative mood. In "The Shepherd" the brilliant diction creates the positive atmosphere while in "The Garden of Love" it is the juxtaposed images that create the negative atmosphere. In "The Shepherd" the pleasant setting is established by the opening phrase: "How sweet is the shepherd's lot!" This rhetorical question exemplifies the sweetness and charm of the atmosphere. The rhetorical question, obviously rhetorical due to the lack of a question mark, demonstrates that it is impossible to express the true serenity of the environment in words. On the other hand, the juxtaposition between what the earth was and what the earth became imposes a negative and dark atmosphere in "The Garden of Love". The contrasting images between the two descriptions allow the juxtaposition to create a negative mood. The first stanza describes the setting as a place of love and describes the shepherd's memories of where he "played on the green", bringing back the innocence of childhood and thus creating an initial positive mood. The verb “play” helps create this bellow… middle of the card… this mood. This choice of words shows that the earth emphasizes that the earth once possessed such beauty but no longer does. But above all, the dark and depressing images of "The Garden of Love" create a dark atmosphere while the bright and love-filled diction of "The Shepherd" creates a lively and friendly atmosphere. The purpose of the painful images in "The Garden of Love" Love" was to create a negative mood and the purpose of the love-filled diction was to create a positive mood, but to further step forward one must ask what is the purpose of establishing these contrasting moods in each poem “The Garden of Love” contains depressing imagery and has a gloomy atmosphere to portray hell as the epitome of depression and negativity? , while “The Shepherd” counters this setting by using friendly diction to create a joyful atmosphere to portray heaven as the epitome of joy and negativity peace.