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Essay Instructions: Identify how the poem criticizes the world that the poet lives in.( it seems far more critical of the world then the ending might seem). Describe the tone of the poet and chacrterize the speaker and describehis tone. Is his tone the same as the poets? Consider lines 7,8,24.

William Blake (1757-1827)
The Chimney Sweeper

When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,
That curl'd llke a lamb's back. was shav'd: so I said
"Hush. Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare
You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."

And so he was quiet & that very night,
As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!
That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned or Jack.
Were all of them lock'd up in coffins of black.

And by came an Angel who had a bright key,
And he open'd the coffins & set them all free;
Then down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run,
And wash in a river. and shine in the Sun.

Then naked & white, all their bags left behind,
They rise upon clouds and sport in the wind;
And the Angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,
He'd have God for his father & never want joy.

And so Tom awoke; and we rose in the dark.
And got with our bags & our brushes to work.
Tho' the morning was cold, Tom was happy & warm;
So if all do their duty they need not fear harm.

Essay Instructions: In a 3-page essay, develop an argument using William Blake's The Chimney Sweeper and Stephen Dunn's Hard Work. The emphasis is on making supportable claims with relevant evidence and integrating quotes from the poems.

Essay Instructions: Incorporating information about the poets use of
words and imagery in willam blakes "The Chimney Sweeper" submit a
essay making an argumentative claim about the theme or message.
A clear connection between the speaker and the subject must be made.

Essay Instructions: Literary Analysis paper about Romaticism, the Romaticism period and reference a few poets from the period.
Paper must be 2 pages long. Rough draft needed ASAP. Possibly mention William Blake: The chimney Sweeper, The Little Black Boy, The Lamb. Wordsworth, Tennyson etc. We did cover Browning. The two books we are using for this class are "Reading BetweenThe Lines" Gene Edward Veith,Jr and "The Norton Anthology Western Literature eight edition LawallThalmann Patterson James Spacks. APA STYLE