When my mother died i was very young by william blake prev article next article in 1789 the year of the beginning of the french revolution blake brought out his songs of innocence which included the chimney sweeper.
The chimney sweeper when my mother died i was very young analysis.
The speaker tells that when he was sold he was very young that he couldn t speak properly and he barely could cry.
After her death his father sold him to someone.
The chimney sweeper songs of innocence analysis will give the readers a peek into the miserable lives of the little kids who had to work as chimney sweepers.
3 could scarcely cry weep.
Weep so your chimneys i sweep in soot i sleep.
When my mother died i was very young and my father sold me while yet my tongue.
6 that curled like a lamb s back was shaved so i said.
8 you know that the soot cannot spoil your.
Never mind it for when your head s bare.
When my mother died i was very young by william blake songs of innocence copy b 1789 library of congress object 16 the chimney sweeper when my mother died i was very young.
When my mother died i was very young that begins with.
The chimney sweeper analysis lines 1 4.
The poem the chimney sweeper is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in england in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
5 there s little tom dacre who cried when his head.
Never mind it for when your head s bare you know that the soot cannot spoil your white.
There s little tom dacre who cried when his head that curled like a lamb s back was shaved so i said hush tom.
4 so your chimneys i sweep in soot i sleep.
The speaker tells us that after his mother died he was sold off by his father so that his child labor could be used to make some money.
1 when my mother died i was very young.
Weep so your chimneys i sweep in soot i sleep.
During those days little children were in demand for the job of sweeping chimneys in england as they.
The chimney sweeper is the title of a poem by william blake published in two parts in songs of innocence in 1789 and songs of experience in 1794.
Could scarcely cry weep.
There s little tom dacre who cried when his head that curled like a lamb s back was shaved so i said.
This is an analysis of the poem the chimney sweeper.
Weep so your chimneys i sweep and in soot i sleep.
2 and my father sold me while yet my tongue.
In the opening lines of the poem the speaker tells the readers about his childhood.