the chimney sweeper
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“The man who never in his mind
and thoughts travel'd to heaven is
no artist.” – William Blake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssjj0qr_cLg
Childhood
Visions
Religion
From Songs of Innocence
Theme
God and Angels as recurring symbols
Meter
Speaker vs. audience
Tone
Irony
Imagery
Concept of innocence
Colour imagery
Contrast
Deeper character to speaker
Visions
Sweepers identity
Imagery
Peace in sleep
Allusion
Rebirth of the sweepers
Shift
Bright imagery
Rebirth
Abandoning cares
Sight rhyme
Necessity of work
Second shift
Contrast
Moral
Shift in tone from first stanza
Imagery
Allusion
Symbolism
Contrast
http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2004/1129.shtml
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~mcuddy/ENGB02Y/Chimney.htm
http://www.brighthub.com/education/homeworktips/articles/61717.aspx?p=2
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_blake_3.htm
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Frye, Northrop. Modern Critical Views: William Blake. Harold Bloom.
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985.