The Chimney Sweeper The Chimney Sweeper is pain in conjunction with the exploitation of children during the late 1700's. William Blake put a bold and raging tone in his first sentence, first line "when my mother died" (line 1), in addition "my father sold me" (line 3) further showing the need to bring out the pain and suffering of the children and sweepers during this period of time. The Chimney Sweeper was written in a dream status …showed first 75 words of 997 total…

…showed last 75 words of 997 total…Tom and all the thousands of sweeper had to endure. The Chimney Sweeper is a disturbing poem of how the children endure great hardships to the extent of exploitation, in order to raise money for there families. It should seem outrageous, for people that live today, to see the sacrifices children, so young, had to go through in order to live. Work Cited Kirszner & Mandell "Literature, Compact Fourth Edition" "The Chimney Sweeper" 1789: 779-780