William Blake wrote two versions of his poem “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ firstly in 1789 and secondly in 1794. They both describe the lives of children as chimney sweeps. Three poetic techniques carefully explored by Blake are imagery‚ tone and diction to bring a sense of sympathy to his audience. Though these poetic techniques are handled in both poems‚ they are shown through different perspectives. In both versions of the poem‚ images of death are depicted similarly using the color black. In the
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William Blake poem ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ reveals the traumatic fate of a poor chimneysweeper whose mother died when he was very young. So‚ the father sold the lad (either because of the fact that he could not take care of him or for greed). It’s the poet’s imaginary quality that has clearly made the poem a blend between a wonderful dream and the actual reality of life. Besides this illustration between the realistic and picture perfect world the poem also beautifully explicates the joy and pain‚
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“The Chimney Sweeper” In Williams Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” in Songs of Innocence the boy sees his situation through the eyes of innocence and does not understand the social injustice in his situation. “The Chimney Sweeper” in Songs of Experience the speaker sees his injustice of the child and speaks against the people that left him behind. The different views in one poem enlighten the different views in the other poem. The thoughts that are expressed in Innocence contrast the thoughts expressed
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Jorge Raygoza 31/01/14 Experience or innocence‚ which is better? In Blake’s poem “The chimney sweeper” he shows us two different perspectives of the same poem. In the “Songs of Innocence”‚ the character in "The Chimney Sweeper" sees his situation through the eyes of a child full of innocence and joy. He only sees the positive things of what he has been through; additionally‚ he thinks that all will be better
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"The Chimney Sweeper" is a poem by William Blake about young children who are sent to work in mines in 18th century England. For this analysis‚ I examine William Blake’s life with a concentration on the possible motives he may have had for writing this poem. I also analyze the poem itself and the message Blake was trying to convey. Analysis of William Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper" "The Chimney Sweeper" is a poem about young children who are sold by their fathers to work in the mines. They have
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Discourse of Children in William Blake’s “Chimney Sweeper Nujhat Afrin Abstract: This study of the poems‚ present a contradiction between the states of innocence and experience‚ two phases through which all people must pass. Here we see the naturalistic world of childhood against the world of corruption. The poem “The Chimney Sweeper” is set against the dark background of child labor that was well known in England in the late 18th and 19th century. The poems (Chimney Sweeper in innocence and Experience)
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“The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake” In William Blake’s poem‚ the reader will read about the first person point of view of a child going through a neglected life of child labour and slavery. In the poem‚ “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ Blake’s use of onomatopoeia conveys the emotions of the character in the poem. William Blake uses symbolism in his poem which gives the reader a better understanding of the message he is trying to convey. As well‚ Blake’s use of colors and adjectives provides the reader
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World Literature The Comparison of The Chimney Sweeper Poems by William Blake The Chimney Sweeper poems by English Poet William Blake are two poems that reflect the cultural realities of the 18th century in England. They are unfortunately real depictions of young people from down and out working class families who are trying to cling to any sign of hope. They are climbing up the chimneys of well-off families to clean the soot by hand‚ as society and the government watched unaffected. One
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English - Chimney Sweeper Context The context which William Blake is writing in is how the poem) childhood away from them to how he received a (background of Subject Matter the introduction of industrialism took many children’s pleasant childhood according to most sources. The subject which William Blake is trying to convey to the reader is that with the introduction of industrialism came the diminishing of many lives and childhoods as they were forced into slavery and
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William Blake’s 1789 and 1794 poems‚ both entitled "The Chimney Sweeper‚" contain similar diction where the child is speaking and cries out; Blake uses simple and informal diction to create a childlike atmosphere. Each poem is set apart by point of view‚ creating different tone. In his 1789 version of "The Chimney Sweeper‚" the point of view is from a young child‚ producing a happy and innocent tone for he views everything that happens to him as a blessing‚ unaware of what his father has truly forced
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