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The chimney sweeper by blake annotations
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direct speech + epizeixisTHE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER (EXPERIENCE)
emotional
anguish
= 1- echos
partner poem
except these
boys are without
hope .
article back
of individuality
1- indefinite denumanising
-_
adjective =
vulnerability noun
1-0 diminutive #
A little black thing among the snow,
I
antheteticat colours = bleak
→
conditions = innocence has
1- been
corrupted
adjective = soot =
foreboding
non
Contino NS
-
ginate verb
=←
suffering
Crying "weep, weep" in notes of woe! → sorrow =
'
London
'
"Where are thy father and mother? say?" → interrogative
1-
neglect
=
into
can the
question
parents authority
"They are both gone up to the church to pray. → .
innocent
implies
voice
that
0g . Child
organised religion
-
has led them to
their child whistle
neglect
absolving themselves
to a time
before of guilt
.
-
flashback
chimney sweeper Religious in Arocri nations has led
exploitation
.
to Chita .
he is
past tense = no
longer trapper
1- -
two states are juxtaposed .
"Because I was happy upon the heath, → natural environment where the child has
liberty
And smiled among the winter's snow, →
-
symbolise
implies
his
children
purity
find
+ innocence
in
innocent
joy all
things
.
ambiguous pronoun :
-
-
parents
Church
← They clothed me in the clothes of death, →
poly -10 ton = deliberate
his job that could kill
act
him .
of exploitation as the clothes are linked to
authority
metaphorical
-
And taught me to sing the notes of woe.
↳ Verb of indoctrination
[☒
repition misery
element
highlights
•
= .
his
.
forced to believe t except in
own situation
natural education
opposite of
' .
"And because I am happy and dance and sing, → syndetic list of verbs : Childs instinctive
joyfulness
mistakenly leads society to believe it has done it
demonstrated the
no harm
flavvea
subjectivity
in
They think they have done me no injury, ironic
Of those
power
.
And are gone to praise God and his priest and king, → ironic
they are often sibly behaving morally but
exploiting the child .
Triadic phrase
Who make up a heaven of our misery." winks the 3 corrupt
figures ut
> authority .
element
invention tdeciet of - direct critism Christian doctrine
that
subjugated + indoctrinates
the most vulnerable with
unsubstantiated promises of
eternal bliss
whilst enduring
oppression in their natural lies .
'
paradoxical statement
so
implying this
called heroin is built
from this
misery the
of young t
vulnerable .
Rich exploit these beneath them .
anaphoric .= building misery
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