Abstract
The usage of excess is a seducing and appealing concept, and therefore has to be studied cautiously. Essentially, the term ?excess' is used to describe amounts that are greater than needed, allowed or usual. It can also be associated with a behavior that is unacceptable because it is considered extreme and immoral. Moreover, there is no doubt that what have always retained, disrupted things are the excesses; and what is commonplace or moderated is invisible. Thus, the excess portrayed on William Blake's poetry might be based on a new vision of the world that went against the institutions of the society of the time. However, from an artistic point of view, excess ought to be understood as an outburst. Consequently, excess should not be taken negatively, but should depend on intensity, quantity, and originality. Therefore, to what extent we can consider that Blake's poetry, especially in the two studied anthologies entitled the Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, is the point of discussion here.
