William Blakes The Chimney Sweep and Songs of Innocence and Experience

William Blakes The Chimney Sweep and Songs of Innocence and ExperienceIn this essay I depart attempt to analyse, compare and contrast thepoems The Chimney Sweep from both(prenominal) Songs of Experience and Songsof Innocence which were both written by William Blake in 1790-92and 1789 respectively. These two poems were amalgamated in 1794 tocreate a mod collection called Songs of Innocence and Experience.I will be tone at what Blake says and hints at concerning the twocontrary states of the human soul in the two poems as well as lookingat the message Blake is trying to assume to the reader. As the poemsare written regarding the same subject, that is a chimney sweep, Iwill be looking at how they differ in their representations of chimneysweeps as well as looking at whether Blakes attitude towards them andhow they are treated varies or remains constant. I will besides look atthe many issues the poems raise and I will go beyond the obvious oneof child labour and the implications th is had on society at the time.Moving away from the issues that are raised by the two poems I willalso look at the literacy techniques Blake uses in both poems and howthey vary from poem to poem. Blake uses a considerable amount ofimagery in both poems and I will comment upon how he uses it toeffect.In the late eighteenth century, the world was changing fast and developingrapidly. The British Empire was at its all time peak in terms of sizeand domination Britain was also leading the Industrial Revolution andconsequently because of this and its huge empire exports and inparticular imports to Britain of precious minerals and materials fromtheir many colonies, was very high, which had the effect of allowingt... ...ect on them at an too soon age. Or if the belief is held that the child is a miniatureadult and so should be treated as such with emerge any specialconsiderations. heaven was seen as a reward for suffering hell on earth and thisbelief was perhaps used and encouraged to explo it the nave running(a)classes, who out of fear of retribution would not question this ideaas religion was a means of controlling the masses.Blake uses a range of techniques, such as imagery, to convey andexpress these states, I found his description of the boy in Experienceas A little black thing among the snow, particularly poignantreflecting the futility and cheapness of the lives of working classchildren. Blake wanted to highlight the plight of child labour andencourage people to recognise the inequalities of social class,imagery such as this undoubtedly achieves this.