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 will attempt to analyse, compare and contrast thepoems The Chimney Sweep from both Songs of Experience and Songsof Innocence which were both written by William Blake in 1790-92and 1789 respectively. These two poems were change in 1794 tocreate a new collection called Songs of Innocence and Experience.I will be flavour at what Blake says and hints at concerning the twocontrary states of the humanity soul in the two poems as well as lookingat the message Blake is trying to convey to the reader. As the poemsare written regarding the identical 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 hardened varies or remains constant. I will also look atthe many issues the poems raise and I will go beyond the obvious oneof child go forthwear and the implications thi s 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 gist ofimagery in both poems and I will comment upon how he uses it toeffect.In the late 18th century, the world was changing fast and ontogenyrapidly. 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 anearly age. Or if the picture is held that the child is a miniatureadult and so should be treated as such(prenominal) with out any specialconsiderations.Heaven was seen as a reward for suffering hell on earth and this whimsey was perhaps used and encouraged to explo it the nave workingclasses, who out of fear of retribution would not question this ideaas trust 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 touchingreflecting 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.