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Edvard Munch painted the famous painting which he named “The Scream” to represent his past. The painting consists of a child standing at the edge of the road facing a different direction from his companions who seem to be walking towards a different direction. The child is screaming while facing the departing companions. “The Scream” is a name given to represent each of the four versions of his paintings which are kept at the Munch museum. The aim of this paper is to analyze the painting. This…

Analyze Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” (p. 337). -What is this poem about? Explain how you developed your interpretation. -What is the tone or mood of the poem? -What kind of imagery do we see in this poem? -What is your favorite line from this poem?…

benefit of removing smoke from the home. There is little documentation on the history of chimneys and their function in the home. In western civilization there is record of chimneys being destroyed by an earthquake in 1347 (Butler, n.d.). Most homes had a centrally located hearth that was used for heat and cooking, which had a vent directly above it; While this did help smoke escape from the home, it wasn’t a chimney. Notice in Figure 1 that the top of the hearth is black from soot that…

with the hopes of a better tomorrow (Blake pp. 1-2). Unfortunately, the little boy is oblivious and unaware of the kind of injustices posed to him because of his innocence due to the young age. The Songs of Experience seems to echo the ordeal of the chimney sweeper…

The Chimney Sweeper 1789 and 1794 In the chimney sweeper both kids work and were forced to clean chimneys. They both talk about their families and about their lives and how hard they had it during this times. They both describe how they feel and how cleaning was something children would do if they would be born in this era. In the first poem which was in 1789 the little boy explains how his mother died when he was young and started right away with a dark beginning. He mentioned that his dad…

A Short Story Versus A Poem Even though the poem, “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake, was written during the time of the Romantic era and the short story,“Araby” by James Joyce, was written in the Modern era, it is obvious of the many different similarities and differences that the two works share. James Joyce could possibly be considered a Romantic writer due to the fact that he incorporates a child as his protagonist. They both start off with a dark setting to set the tone anger and/or…

The poem tells a sad story about a boy who works at a saw mill. His sister calls him for supper, out of excitement, he jumps up and partially slices his hand off. The writer uses various literary techniques and structure to describe the way in which the boy died and the aftermath of the death. The poet mentions a saw which is portrayed to almost be alive. Firstly, the writer uses 1st person narrative voice to convey his views towards the boy’s death. His perspective shows that he knows what is…

expressed in the following lines: How the Chimney-sweeper’s cry Every black’ning Church appalls; The very lines prompt an even bleaker view of England in the nineteenth-century. The lines/sentences introduce us to the chimney-sweeper who are none but the destitute children and to the church which was a domineering and powerful institution devoid of light and goodness at the time. The strength of the poem lies in its ironic contrasts. The chimney-sweeper’s cry is an affront to the…

William Blake was a British poet and painter who lived during the French Revolution. The devastating end to it caused Blake to lose faith in the goodness of mankind. This explains why much of the poems in Songs of Experience are about bad experiences rather than good ones. The purpose of the poems in Songs of Innocence and Experience were to show the two opposing states of the human soul. These being that a child with no experiences are innocent and happy, but when they grow and gain new…

An Analysis of William Blake’s Life as a Poet William Blake was a travelled and experienced writer, growing up in Paris, moving to London, and finally ending up in Felpham, Sussex [1]. Throughout all this time William Blake, was a businessman, poet, and artist, all of these accomplishments severely impacted Blake’s literary works. In Blake’s poems, “The Tyger” and “The Lamb”, Blake uses repetition and rhyming throughout both of these works, but their meanings are extremely contrasting. “The…