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... Reyes
English 1302
Professor Blain
15 September 2003
An Analysis of “The Chimney Sweeper”
William Blake was a revolutionary poet of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, although, like many other writers before, during, and after his time, his impact upon history and society was not fully realized until after he was gone. ... The poem, “The Chimney Sweeper” describes how a chimney sweeper boy copes with his and his fellows’ miserable fate. ... Because his mother died and because of poverty, his father seems had no choice but to sold him to be a chimney sweeper, although he’s still young. ... In the second stanza, it is very obvious that the sweeper’s feels hate towards his parents for putting him in such sadness, but instead he chooses to hide it by making himself look happy and satisfied. ... ”
The boy is not the only chimney sweeper that such in grief, “There’s little Tom,” maybe same age as he is or younger than him. ... ” that there still hope for him and his fellow chimney sweepers, “Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack. ... They are now “rise,” elevate from being chimney sweepers to normal children that can play “sport,” sing and dance everywhere.
Approximate Word count = 922
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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