The chimney sweeper songs of innocence summary


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Read these stanzas from “The Chimney Sweeper.” What is the best summary of the events the stanzas describe? And so he was quiet, and that very night
As Tom was a-sleeping he had such a sight!
That thousands of sweepers, D, Joe, Ned, and Jack,
Were all of them locked up in coffins of black;

And by came an Angel who had a bright key,
And he opened the coffins and 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 and 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 and never want joy.

A) The speaker dreamed that Tom died and went to heaven.

B)Tom dreamed that sweepers died and went to heaven.

C)Tom dreamed that the speaker died and went to heaven.

D)Tom died during the night and went to heaven.

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Answer:

B) Tom dreamed that sweepers died and went to heaven.

Explanation:

William Blake's poem "The Chimney Sweeper" from his "Songs of Innocence" is a poem about young children who were hired as chimney sweepers during the 18th century English society. This poem delves into the unhealthy and deplorable conditions of children who had to earn a living doing a work that is risky and even dangerous to their well being.

In the given stanzas of the poem, the speaker talks about how Tom Dacre had a dream one night and saw an angel with "a bright key". This angel promised to set them free if they obediently do their work as chimney sweepers. In a way, the angel is justifying this child labor, which the author Blake strongly opposes. The poem is a critique of society where child employment occurs on a large scale and young people suffer the most. Thus, the best summary of the given stanzas is that Tom dreamed that many sweepers died and went to heaven.


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