Name Date The Chimney Sweeper William Blake The Chimney Sweeper‚ by William Blake‚ has two versions. One‚ written in 1789‚ which is twice as long as the second‚ written in 1794. However‚ both versions paint a picture of how child labor was during the time; one having more of a somber side‚ while the other is more hopeful. None-the-less‚ both were very important writings and hit the culture hard enough to encourage a change. Blake did this by using powerful forms of word choice‚ imagery‚ and
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Luthfia Nurrochma (A2B008058) Meylinda Rosa Putri (A2B008062) Novia Afriyani (A2B008067) BAB II ZAMAN ANGLO-PERANCIS 1. Pemerintahan Edward The Confessor dan Penaklukan oleh Normandia Edward The Confessor adalah seorang yang menetap di Perancis dan berdarah Normandia‚ maka ketika dia menjadi raja Inggris‚ dia mangangkat orang-orang Normandia dalam kedudukan tinggi. Dampak dari hal itu adalah setelah dia meninggal‚ Inggris berhasil ditaklukan oleh Normandia. Dia mewariskan kerajaan
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William Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper" offers a graphic portrayal of a particular cultural aspect of England in the 1790s. By examining my interactions with the poem‚ I will attempt to analyse and contrast my own belief system against that which is presented in the text. Blake’s poem was initially very striking to me. While reading the first stanza‚ I was shocked and horrified by the imagery presented by the young narrator. I felt compelled to cry for the poor boy‚ and then became angry
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wrote to highlight what he felt were society’s most prominent problems. This essay will be focusing on ‘The Chimney Sweeper.’ Firstly‚ I’ll look at The Chimney Sweeper from Innocence. The poem uses the ‘A A B B’ rhyming scheme‚ i.e. young‚ tongue‚ weep‚ sleep. This makes the poem sound good when it’s read aloud. It also flows better. This pattern continues throughout. The poem is about a chimney sweep who’s had a hard time‚ first having lost his mother‚ and then was sold by his father. This could have
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an idea that the elites make up to suppress the people with horrible lives from revolting and do their job? This is what William Blake‚ author of “The Chimney Sweeper” in the Songs of Innocence‚ thinks of religion. This story shows how the symbolic order uses this idea of religion to keep the sweepers obedient. In the story‚ the chimney sweepers work tirelessly and they are extremely poor. They are the scum of society and are rejected by all kinds of people. The symbolic order gives them the idea
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In William Blake’s poem‚ “the Chimney Sweeper‚” paradox‚ understatements‚ overstatements‚ and different forms of irony take place to tell the story of the young chimney sweeper. The speaker contradicts his placement as the chimney sweeper and how it affects his health if he were to or not to perform the task‚ “So if all do their duty the need not fear harm.” (24) The excerpt proposes paradox in that if the children were to not clean the chimneys‚ their masters would harm them but if they were to
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Wilfred Owen – Dulce et Decorum Est Dulce et Decorum Est – Part of a phrase from Horace‚ quoted in full in the last lines “It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country” Qn: Note all the similes in this poem. What patterns do you see here? What do the similes individually and collectively contribute to the poem‚ especially in terms of undermining the “lie” to which Owen alludes? Title As we begin to peruse the title‚ we get the initial impression that the contents of the poem are related to
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Diction and Imagery in Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” Children are now welcomed to earth as presents bundled in pinks and blues. In the 1800’s children were treated as workers straight from the womb. Children trained early in age to perform unbearable tasks (Ward 3). Imagine how it felt to be unwanted by a parent and sold to a master who also cared nothing about them. Many children earned a few pennies by becoming chimney sweeps or working in the streets running errands‚ calling cabs
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Blake brings to light the corruption of the institutions and illustrates his sympathy for mistreated‚ vulnerable individuals: specifically children as they were forced to conform to the guidelines of civilization‚ performing dangerous manual labour‚ as shown mainly in the Chimney Sweep poems; and presenting an idealised image‚ legitimizing the institutions in the public eye; which is demonstrated profoundly in the coupled Holy Thursday poems. Blake’s Holy Thursday(The Songs of Innocence) begins with the children
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were killed and the cremation of their bodies. There are many similarities between these nursery rhymes and William Blake’s poem‚ “The Chimney Sweeper‚” printed in the first half his book‚ Songs of Innocence. “The Chimney Sweeper” is written in the same whimsical tone‚ and can also be considered a British nursery rhyme. Most people when they think of chimney sweepers have the scene from Mary Poppins pop into their heads where the men are dancing around happy as could be‚ but Blake’s poem tells a
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