102 27 February 2012 An Interpretation of William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” In William Blake’s poem “The Chimney Sweeper,” we are given a glimpse of the harsh realities surrounding child labor which affected England in the late XVIII and early XIX centuries. It was first published in 1789 in a recollection of poems titled Songs Of Innocence (Soman 2011). Told through the voice of a young boy who was sold into the chimney sweeping business, the poem illustrates on the issue of child labor
Sheniquor Moore Mrs. Cook World Literature 19 March 2012 Analysis of “The Chimney Sweeper” The poems titled, “The Chimney Sweeper,” written in 1798 by William Blake. It focus is on childish innocence, and companion the poem is written in a more contemptuous and dark style. This poem takes on the task of describing and portraying the conditions for children chimney sweeps during eighteenth century London .Blake uses diction, tone, and figurative language throughout the poem. In Stanza 1 lines
The poem “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake is about a young child who is thrust into the occupation of scrubbing soot from chimneys after his mother died and father sold him. During London’s Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th century, this was an accepted practice for many poor and orphaned children. They were exploited and stripped of their childhood simply because they could fit inside chimneys. Blake’s theme is to depict the harsh life of child chimney sweepers, showing disdain
God can help you - and then only after you die - and don't expect any justice from your miserable plight in this life because it is not going to happen? So be good and accept your lot in life, and it will be much easier if you do 3-Blake uses the sweeper as a figure to represent social injustice and religious. The children represent people who submit to the laws of religion in hopes that they will receive the benefit of an after-life. He illustrates his point in lines 13-16. "And by came an Angel
1. Complete close analysis of both Chimney Sweeper poems- use online study guides etc to ensure a thorough understandin 2. A list of themes that you feel relates to each of the poems- to help you to choose a theme for your coursework! 1. The Chimney sweeper: Innocence. In the first line of 'The chimney sweeper: songs of innocence' , I believe that Blake is trying to establish to the audience what a general occurrence was for children in the time that he was writing. ‘When my mother died I was
Sweeping Chimneys was an arduous task and was by no means to be done by little children. William Blake’s response to the condition of the children who cleaned these dark, polluted, dingy and smelly chimneys are sympathetic and poignant. In both his poems titled The Chimney Sweeper, Blake expounds on the horrible conditions these children experience, one that eventually leads to death. Blake writes that death is in fact the only solace poor children who swept chimneys had. Using techniques such as
Dr. Nicholson English 12, Period 4 October 23, 2011 Poetry Analysis In the poem “The Chimney Sweeper from Songs of Innocence” by William Blake, Blake writes about his character undergoing an internal change. Blake shows the awakening of his character with use of structure, sound devices, and tone. The structure of this poem is the same as most. Blake uses devices like parallelism. For example, “So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.” (Line 4). This contributes to the childlike
LONDON by William Blake (1757-1825) Pauline Rash 1. The Poem does far more than describe where William Blake lived for most of his life. The Poem is very distressing and clearly states the political analysis, written with anger, revealing terrible conditions in which all human inhabitants are inescapably enclosed together within a destructive society. The poem describes a journey around London. Child labour, restrictive laws of property and prostitution are all exploited
Analysis of the poem “London” by William Blake The poem ‘London’ by through a first person perspective William Blake explores the city at the time of the Industrial Revolution. Here, Blake uses themes such as a decay in morality and the severity of classism, accompanied by the use of graphic and grotesque imagery to illustrate the awry nature of London at the time and creates a negative outlook towards it. Blake uses the first person perspective to interact with the reader. The continuous use of “I”
because it compares the life of the destitute with that of the typical Londoner of the time. Both give glimpses of London in which very little appears to have changed for the poor. William Blake’s poem “London” is a confronting and depressing analysis of the life people lived during the 18th century. The intertexuality of this poem is that William Blake was quite a religious man, and he uses the poem to express his disappointment for the Church and its unfulfilled Biblical promise to take care