The Chimmney Sweeper

1.I agree with the editors of the textbook that Blakes writings both have the power to enact to the imagination to the reader. The Chimney Sweeper from The Songs of Innocence gave me more of a visual of what the poems were about because simply how it was written. Throughout the whole poem it explained what was going on and I didnt find myself lost one time. Where as when I read The Songs of Experience it really didnt tell me much or show me anything that caught my eye to understand the poem better then I already had from reading the The Songs of Innocence. Even though they both were from different points of views they did resemble each other. The Songs of Innocence was both happy and sad because they talk about the boys being out down to work like slaves then they have a dream about heaven and it brings happiness to the boys and it also made me feel not as bad for the boys. The Songs of Experience wasnt happy at all.

2.I think the Parliment transcript was put to show that kids working at a young age is a serious problem.( Child Labor Law). After everyone read these poems all of us as student should take into consideration how lucky we all are as kids that we never were worked like these boys and kids were worked. This just made it clear how tough these kids had it everyday and never got easier. If the Parliement transcript wasnt added Id been confused about the whole child labor law but still would have relized that these kids worked their tails off and it just wasnt fair back then.