Argumentative Poems
...we reach the end where happiness and . Beginning with the death of a boy’s mother and the harsh working conditions that children faced in 1789 where most children would die of early age because of the dust or harmful fumes inhaled. Children were often the preferred workers because they could be paid little money for long hours of the day. As with my second poem, The Unknown Citizen, the man portrayed seems to be what some might call a conformist. He simply goes along with the flow of how government or state tells citizens to do. He’s definitely not an individualist and he doesn’t stick out in any way. No sense of self or individualism are present for this man who does what is required such as having the average amount of children for a parent, and having everything necessary for modern man of his generation. Pathos Emotions are expressed throughout each of my two poems. Starting with the obvious with my first poem, The Chimney Sweeper, the child weeps because of the loss of his mother by some unknown cause. Then we fall into the child’s dream sequence of thousands of chimney sweepers all locked away into black coffins. Freedom and happiness are then expressed when an angel comes by with the key that sets them all free from either imprisonment or death. The children running nake...