The Chimney Sweeper | William Blake - Line by Line Explanation in English |
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Like many of Blake's poems, the Chimney Sweeper has two versions. Innocent and Experienced. Blake contrasts childhood and exploitation in the backdrop of the Industrial Revolution to convey his message of social injustice and religious hypocrisy. In doing so, he challenges the conventional notions of joy, dreams, church, and parenthood.
Watch this video till the end to know the harsh reality of child labor in 18th-century England and Blake's take on it. Online Text Link ***************** Innocent: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43654/the-chimney-sweeper-when-my-mother-died-i-was-very-young Experience: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43653/the-chimney-sweeper-a-little-black-thing-among-the-snow Related Videos **************** Introduction to Blake: https://youtu.be/NWOFlE-GibA The Lamb and The Tyger: https://youtu.be/cxF1nFn0Av8 Related Article *************** Innocence and Experience: William Blake’s Concept of Contraries: https://nibblepop.com/blake-contraries/ About Host ************ Monami Mukherjee has a teaching experience of over 15 years. She got her education at Lady Brabourne College and University of Calcutta. She completed her MPhil from Calcutta University. She takes special interest in issues of Feminism, Post-colonialism and Modernism. She is known for her conversational style of teaching and grasp of core concepts in literature. About NibblePop ****************** Students of English Literature can get free class lectures and learning resources along with other relevant issues. Best suited for English Honours and Masters (All Universities), ISC, NET, SSC. The lessons explain critical theories in easy language for all categories of students. Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwGfYAqETMQl-nc3XIJHXig Subscribe NibblePop to stay updated with our latest upload : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwGfYAqETMQl-nc3XIJHXig?sub_confirmation=1 Other Links ************ NibblePop Shorts Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/35Otb1i Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monami.nibblepop/ website: https://nibblepop.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/nibblepop.web Email: contact@nibblepop.com #nibblepop #monamimukherjee #englishliterature #onlineclasses #classfromhome |