that surrounded religious establishments with distrust. He saw these as unwarranted controls over the freedom of the individual and contrary to the nature of a God of liberty. Figures such as the school master in the schoolboy’‚ the parents in the chimney sweeper’ poems‚ the guardians of the poor in the Holy Thursday’‚ Ona’s father in A Little girl lost’ and the priestly representatives of organised religion in many of the poems‚ are for Blake the embodiment of evil restriction. In the Garden
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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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Writing Style Used - MLA Through the voice of innocence in “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ William Blake uses irony to shine a light on the treatment and horrid conditions of child chimney sweepers. The poem serves as a public commentary on the ills of society as Blake sees the use of children as chimney sweepers to be. This makes the overall tone of the poem one of sadness and conveys the compassion Blake feels for the plight of the child chimney sweepers. Blake first uses irony in the opening lines of the
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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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Ignorance During the Industrial Revolution in England in the 18th century‚ numerous children were forced into the child labor to support the growing economy. These children were deprived of their childhood and William Blake the author of “ The Chimney Sweeper” wanted to depict society’s ignorance of child labor and raise awareness towards its injustice. Blake appeals to the reader’s sense of morality to draw attention to the corruption that was sweeping the nation through child labor. Blake cleverly
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Blaming Society in William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” William Blake‚ in his poem “Chimney Sweeper” tries to tell story of a boy that is affected by poverty and corruption. Through Songs of Innocence‚ Blake makes the world know about the situation of children in his time working as chimney sweepers. Through the eyes of children‚ the speaker asserts that they can be set free from the evils of society through hope‚ joy‚ and cheer that every child has towards God. The speaker is against society
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Essay “The Tyger” by William Blake is a lyric poem that depicts the nature of the creator and his creations. The poem is more about the creator of the tyger than it is about the tyger. In contemplating the terrible ferocity and awe-inspiring symmetry of the tyger‚ the speaker is at a loss to explain how the same God who made the meek‚ innocent lamb could create a horrifying creature such as the tyger. This essay will provide a detailed analysis of William Blake’s “The Tyger” paying particular
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Samiha Chaudhury March 22‚ 2015 Paper #2 Professor Gilles Children in Poetry William Blake was an engraver and poet throughout his lifetime. Even though his poems were not successful during his lifetime‚ he is considered as a great Romantic poet presently. Common themes among his poems are children and their treatment. Songs of Innocence was published in 1789 and Songs of Experience was published in 1794. In both of these texts children appear frequently and together the collections show the two
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The use of children is a prominent theme in William Blake’s poems. He sees the world through the eyes of a child and embraces the innocence of the young. He illustrates this style in poems such as "the lamb"‚ "the little black boy"‚ and "the chimney sweeper". The lamb really illustrates the innocence and purity of a young child. The boy questions the lamb as to where it came from and he expects the lamb to answer back‚ but it is obvious to the reader that the lamb cannot talk. As the boy receives
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anti-industrial revolution it was a harsh time for children due to not being wanted and more of a need of money to the parents. In the Chimney Sweeper‚ William Blake describes the rough conditions the children went through. Parents were struggling due to the lack of money and choose to sell their children. They sold them to a hard working shorter life. An example in the Chimney Sweeper is‚ “my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry ‘Weep! Weep! Weep!’.” His father never knew his son and the
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