Thursday, December 26, 2013

What influenced William Blake to write "The Chimney Sweeper"?

William blake was an english poet who was guided by emotion and imagination.His lyrics were short,very simple expressed and often packed with meanings and thoughts.At the first sight he had seen millions of children calling sweep,sweep,sweep in the street by seeing this william blake had a strong impact in his mind.He had seen children after the chimney were cleaned, the children were covered in soot .He had also seen that they have no time to play and run.For awaring to other people how the children are being treated he decided to write a poem based on the lifestyle of a chimney sweeper.



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manoranjan ghadei

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