Comparing Lamb, Infant Sorrow, And The Chimney Sweeper

In room 303 we have studied many texts. Along with those texts came many authors. Though there have been many influential authors in the era we are studying, William Blake was very high on that list. Three of the texts that he wrote are called “The Lamb”, “The Tyger”, “Infant Sorrow”, and “The Chimney Sweeper”. From these four texts, you can get many archetypes that blake had. From the texts Lamb, Tyger, Sweeper, and Infant, the archetypes of innocence and youth, oppression, and struggles of the world can be found. Blakes first archetype is youth and innocence which is found in the poem The Lamb. In this poem he talks about the Lamb and who it's creator was. This is shown when he says, “Little Lamb who made thee dost thou know who made thee.” (Lines 9-10) He asks many questions as to why ‘the creator’ would create such a thing. He also contradicts the lamb with the harshness of a tiger. He then goes on to ask what kind of creator could create something so sweet and innocent, then turn around and create something so harsh. The second archetype is oppression, which can be found in the poem Chimney Sweeper. In this poem a little boy loses his mom and then his father leaves him. It's at that point when he was sold and becomes a chimney sweeper. Back then these jobs were very dangerous …show more content…
This is shown in the poem Infant Sorrow. Usually when a child is born, there is happiness and joy. However, in this story, when the child is born there is no happiness. Rather, there is sadness and sorrow. The reason that the parents are so upset with having a kid and bringing a child into the world is not because they don't love their child. They are more upset because they are bringing a child into a life of being poor. This is shown in the lines ¨My mother groand, my father wept. Into the dangerous world I leapt.” (Lines 1-2) They know the struggles of having to live a poor life and they are sad to bring a kid into