What is the suggested theme in Infant Sorrow by William Blake?

The overt
theme is that of a newborn baby entering the world. Blake evinces the sounds, sights, and
movements of that event:

My mother groand [sic]! my father
wept. . .

Helpless, naked, piping loud. . .

Struggling in
my fathers hands.

This is not a moment of joy, as
indicated by the title "Infant Sorrow." The event of birth occurs from the perspective
of the newborn, who expresses existential angst over being born:

My mother groand! my father wept. 

 

Into the dangerous world I leapt: 

 

Helpless, naked, piping loud; 

 

Like a
fiend hid in a cloud. 

The first sounds he...

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