Daily Archives: February 29, 2012

Blake uses the image of a dark coffin, saying “Were all of them locked up in coffins of black” (12). In other words, the children are trapped in dark, deathly places, both literally and figuratively. The coffins symbolize where they … Continue reading →

Chapter 6: Symbol, Allegory, and Irony Reading Blake’s “Chimney Sweeper” poems We’ll read William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” (1789) from Songs of Innocence (181-2 in our textbook), and also “The Chimney Sweeper” (1794) from his Songs of Experience. Since Blake illustrated these … Continue reading →