🔵 The Chimney Sweeper Poem by William Blake - Summary Analysis - The Chimney Sweeper William Blake

The Chimney Sweeper Poem by William Blake - Summary Analysis - The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake
The Chimney Sweeper:
A little black thing
among the snow
by William Blake
1757 - 1827
A little black thing among the snow,
Crying "weep! 'weep!" in notes of woe!
"Where are thy father and mother? say?"
"They are both gone up to the church to pray.
Because I was happy upon the heath,
And smil'd among the winter's snow,
They clothed me in the clothes of death,
And taught me to sing the notes of woe.
And because I am happy and dance and sing,
They think they have done me no injury,
And are gone to praise God and his Priest and King,
Who make up a heaven of our misery."
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A remarkable one. Many thanks Sir.

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Thanks

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No problem

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As always iam gathering main theme of poem and poet biography briefly here it’s chimney sweeper have three themes are innocence, social justice power of imagination innocence speaker contrasts innocence of children with corruption of adults social injustice and the poem highlights plight of child laborers in Victorian England willam Blake ( 1757-1827) he was English poet painter printmaker he considered seminal figures in history of poetry visual art of romantic age called prophetic works his notable works songs of innocence and of experience marriage of heaven and hell four zoas Jerusalem Milton and did those feet in ancient time

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How apropos! And I made that 15 per hour comment and watched that French cliche video moments before this one of course! Apropriate is spelled appropriate for at least 5 years now, as with almost every word beginning with ap.

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Henry the 8 a demon in eternal hell

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This is not the poem