![]() ![]() ![]() When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue, Could scarcely cry weep weep weep. A closer look at some of Blake's poems, featuring their original illustrated pages, from the Tate organization, which holds a large collection of Blake originals. The Chimney Sweeper (songs Of Innocence ). The core part of the poem is the dual contrast that distinguishes the grim realities of the sweep boys and the ecstatic vision of liberty in the dreams of one of the sweep boys Tom Dacre, a relatively recruit. Here Sinclair discusses Blake's radicalism. The Chimney Sweeper in the Songs of Innocence is a monologue by a sweeper in a simple language and rhyming couplets. ![]() An interesting comparison of this poem with its partner in Songs of Innocence. How the poem looked when Blake originally published it-produced through the process of illuminated printing. Full text in which "The Chimney Sweeper" is collected, from Project Gutenberg. Writer Iain Sinclair on Blake's religious visions.įull Text of Songs of Innocence and Experience More “The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Experience)” Resources. ![]()
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