By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) There are two ‘Chimney Sweeper’ poems by William Blake. The first appeared in Songs of Innocence in 1789, while a second poem, also called ‘The Chimney Sweeper’ was included in Songs of Experience in 1794
Songs of Experience《经验之歌》 Songs of Innocence《天真之歌》 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell《天堂与地狱的联姻》 His most popular poems are ―The Chimney Sweeper‖ and ―The Tyger.‖ Robert Burns(1759~1796) the national poet of Scotland a poet of the peasants, a poet of the people bes...
The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Experience) The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Innocence) The Clod and the Pebble The Divine Image The Ecchoing Green The Fly The Garden of Love The Human Abstract The Lamb The Little Black Boy The Little Vagabond The School Boy The Sick Rose Th...
In "The Chimney Sweeper," for example, a young chimney sweep fails—though the failure can hardly be blamed on him—to realize the poverty and hardship that awaits him. Like the Black boy here, he holds onto an idealized vision of the afterlife as a way of explaining in advance the ...