Songs of Experience is a collection of poems by William Blake, published in 1794 as part of Songs of Innocence and of Experience. It presents a darker counterpart to Songs of Innocence, exploring how suffering, social institutions and restrictive moral systems shape human perception. Poems such as The Tyger, London and The Chimney Sweeper address creation, poverty, exploitation, fear and spiritual conflict.

Blake often contrasts the openness associated with childhood innocence with the constraints of adult experience. Religious authority, political power and social convention are frequently examined as forces that can limit freedom or deepen suffering. At the same time, the poems resist simple conclusions, using symbolism and opposing perspectives rather than a single moral argument.

Taken together with Songs of Innocence, the collection presents innocence and experience as contrasting states through which human life, society and belief can be understood.