These poems tell of children whom yell “weep”, not because they are crying, but because they can not pronounce sweep. In two poems we are told similar stories of chimney sweeping children. But what differences can be found between the two children? In the poem of “Experience” the boy is yelling “weep” and while doing so he is asked by someone as to where his parents are and to their surprise they are at the church praying. On the other hand in the poem “Innocence” the boy is completely ignored and we are told by the narrator that his mother had died and his father sold him off to work. Here we see how melancholy the tone is, though later in both poems we will see a shift to more positive tones. In the poem “Innocence” the tones back and
