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Comment 8 of 8, added on May 24th, 2007 at 4:25 AM.
i think the poem is the mirror of the social life of
lower classes .but i think we should pay more attention to the lower classes of the nowadays ,so that the tragdy will not happen again. if someone want to make friends with me ,please send me e-mails .i will be very glad,especially Gremans,since i am learning Deutsch
fable from China
Comment 7 of 8, added on April 30th, 2006 at 2:59 PM.
The poem reveals its pessimistic attitude towards the chimney sweep business by calling the sweeper "little black thing". It also has religious symbols and ideas which is something it has in common to the poem in the Song from Innocence.
Most importantly is the fact that the narrator has an ill outlook of the afterlife. Revealing the experienced view of the poem.
Roberth from United States
Comment 6 of 8, added on November 14th, 2005 at 1:53 AM.
Blake wrote this accusing parents, church and society of neglicting the children.
The child says, "Because I was happy upon the heath." He was happy but now he's not, maybe he lost his parents who were brought to the church. He thinks that they went to pray and he has been waiting them for long.
It is clear that children at that time were exploited and a chimeny sweeper is a vivid example shows us how tough and dirty is this kind of job. Unfortunatelly we have in our society exploitation and child abuse. We are not too different from the past.
Hatem Shurrab from Palestine
Comment 5 of 8, added on October 13th, 2005 at 5:38 AM.
Blake shows himself to be a social critic in this poem. He critisises the Church and the monarchy for not doing anything about the social and economic injustices after the Industrial Revolution, and he also critises the people of London who simply accepted the bleak way of life after the Revolution.
emily from Australia
Comment 4 of 8, added on May 22nd, 2005 at 1:31 PM.
"They were both gone up to the church to pray."
I love how this last line seems intentionally ambiguous. Anyone have any interpretations they'd like to share?
Staci from United States
Comment 3 of 8, added on May 5th, 2005 at 9:05 PM.
There are actually two versions of this poem, both written by Blake. The first was longer, and the satire was better covered, so if someone read it and didn't look carefully, they may mistake it for a happy poem. I guess Blake figured out people were stupid and made the second a little more blunt to really drive the point home.
Vanessa from United States
Comment 2 of 8, added on March 30th, 2005 at 9:40 AM.
This was a brillient book i must say appsolutly amazing, oh i'm sorry it's a poem, London's LBC 97.3 is also great.Clive Ball. hehehe
yob from Algeria
Comment 1 of 8, added on March 2nd, 2005 at 9:28 PM.
I think it's a kind of social reflection which happen at the time William Blake wrote the poem. He tries to critisize society for having a kind of children exploitation. hope it won't happen in our life.
God Save us !
Eko Satyono from Indonesia
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i think the poem is the mirror of the social life of
lower classes .but i think we should pay more attention to the lower classes of the nowadays ,so that the tragdy will not happen again. if someone want to make friends with me ,please send me e-mails .i will be very glad,especially Gremans,since i am learning Deutsch
fable from China