William Blake wrote many different poems, two big books filled with them, one book being called Songs of Innocence and the other being called Songs of Experience. Within these two books, four were brought up to the attention of the class, The Lamb, The Tyger, The Chimney Sweeper, and Infant Sorrow. These four poems had different messages but also different archetypes or comparisons. Each one, William Blake made sure to point out what he was really trying to get the reader to notice as he wrote each one and make sure that the reader was well aware that each story was greatly different than the last. Throughout all of his poems, Blake brings up how different things are compared to others and we never really think of it.
In Blake’s first poem, …show more content…
This one is more of a serious one, not that the other two weren’t serious, this one Blake brings up the child labor that was happening during the time. “As in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Innocence), Blake systematically presents the speech of children as being characterized by compiled conjunctions” (Linkin, Harriet Kramer. "The Language of Speakers in Songs of Innocence and of Experience") In this story, the main character is a child named Tom, a little orphan boy who cleaned chimneys every morning because that was his job, he had the same routine everyday, get up in the early morning and go out and clean chimneys for others. Later in the poem, he had a dream where him and a bunch of other little boys were running through the fields and having a good time, something they aren’t use to due to the fact all they do is clean chimneys in the early morning. “And the Angel told Tom if he’d be a good boy, he’d have God for his father & never want joy” (Page 751, lines 19-20), During Tom’s dream, he was told that if he was good and did what he was told, God was his father and he wouldn’t have to worry about anything else for as long as he lived. “Several of the poems directly address contemporary social problems, for example, "The Chimney-Sweeper" deals with child labor” (Lawrence J. Trudeau "Songs of Innocence and of Experience") …show more content…
In this poem, Blake brings up the realistic points of having a child and how it can actually put you in a bad financial situation. Like this family in Infant Sorrow, “My mother groand! my father wept” (Page 752 line 1), Looking more so at the father part of this line, his father is crying because he knows he doesn’t have the money to take care of this child, he wouldn’t be able to provide everything the baby will need as soon as they get home. He brings up what it is like to live in poverty and what some families actually go through and how tight it is with money in this families. “And what space was left for words once Blake cut into the copper plate the suffocating bedding and drapes, the child's arms raised in hysterical dejection, the mother bending to him?” (Boruch, Marianne. "Three Blakes." The American Poetry Review), Blake brings up how hard it is to have a family while living in poverty and it’s not easy to provide food or a good living space for the
In Blake’s first poem, …show more content…
This one is more of a serious one, not that the other two weren’t serious, this one Blake brings up the child labor that was happening during the time. “As in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Innocence), Blake systematically presents the speech of children as being characterized by compiled conjunctions” (Linkin, Harriet Kramer. "The Language of Speakers in Songs of Innocence and of Experience") In this story, the main character is a child named Tom, a little orphan boy who cleaned chimneys every morning because that was his job, he had the same routine everyday, get up in the early morning and go out and clean chimneys for others. Later in the poem, he had a dream where him and a bunch of other little boys were running through the fields and having a good time, something they aren’t use to due to the fact all they do is clean chimneys in the early morning. “And the Angel told Tom if he’d be a good boy, he’d have God for his father & never want joy” (Page 751, lines 19-20), During Tom’s dream, he was told that if he was good and did what he was told, God was his father and he wouldn’t have to worry about anything else for as long as he lived. “Several of the poems directly address contemporary social problems, for example, "The Chimney-Sweeper" deals with child labor” (Lawrence J. Trudeau "Songs of Innocence and of Experience") …show more content…
In this poem, Blake brings up the realistic points of having a child and how it can actually put you in a bad financial situation. Like this family in Infant Sorrow, “My mother groand! my father wept” (Page 752 line 1), Looking more so at the father part of this line, his father is crying because he knows he doesn’t have the money to take care of this child, he wouldn’t be able to provide everything the baby will need as soon as they get home. He brings up what it is like to live in poverty and what some families actually go through and how tight it is with money in this families. “And what space was left for words once Blake cut into the copper plate the suffocating bedding and drapes, the child's arms raised in hysterical dejection, the mother bending to him?” (Boruch, Marianne. "Three Blakes." The American Poetry Review), Blake brings up how hard it is to have a family while living in poverty and it’s not easy to provide food or a good living space for the