When William Blake set out to challenge child labor, he could have produced an essay that was devoid of literary depth (denotation). Instead, Blake paints a gruesome and personal dialogue tied with irony that forces readers to wake.
Consider the first line “A little black thing among the snow.” Literally, William Blake may mean a little boy covered in soot is in the snow. According to the following lines “Crying “weep!/ 'weep!" in notes of woe!/ "Where are thy father and mother? say?"/ "They are both gone up to the church to pray,” the boy has been crying in the snow whilst his parents were in church. Their spirits may be in the church, and the boy is mourning their deaths; hence, the black attire. Moreover, the orphaned child may be stuck
Consider the first line “A little black thing among the snow.” Literally, William Blake may mean a little boy covered in soot is in the snow. According to the following lines “Crying “weep!/ 'weep!" in notes of woe!/ "Where are thy father and mother? say?"/ "They are both gone up to the church to pray,” the boy has been crying in the snow whilst his parents were in church. Their spirits may be in the church, and the boy is mourning their deaths; hence, the black attire. Moreover, the orphaned child may be stuck