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The aim of this essay is to investigate the multi-dimensional meaning of irony in William Blake's Songs of Innocence & of Experience The primary background of this kind of reading is the poet's own announcement of the purpose or intention of the Songs, that is, "Shewing the Contrary States of Human Mind." To 'show' something, we should keep a distance from it. Blake stands somewhere detached from the states of Innocence and Experience, satirizing both states by means of irony. The typical examples are the contrary songs of the same title: "The Chimney Sweeper," "Holy Thursday." In these lyrics the speakers are criticizing each other, revealing their own limits at the same time. Some other contrary songs of the different title are also ironical, intending to point out the faults of each other but displaying their own simple-mindedness. But the contrary structure of the Songs is not so symmetrical. Some songs represent Blake's own voice or vision, transcending the both states. This is, we can say, a deliberate strategy of the prophet-poet, who does his best to escape from the Newtonian vision.