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"The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. At the age of four and five, boys were sold to clean chimneys, due to their small size. These children were oppressed and had a diminutive existence that was socially accepted at the time. Children in this field of work were often unfed and poorly clothed. In most cases, these children died from either falling through the chimneys or from lung damage and other horrible diseases from breathing in the soot. In the earlier poem, a young chimney sweeper recounts a dream by one of his fellows, in which

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  • "The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. At the age of four and five, boys were sold to clean chimneys, due to their small size. These children were oppressed and had a diminutive existence that was socially accepted at the time. Children in this field of work were often unfed and poorly clothed. In most cases, these children died from either falling through the chimneys or from lung damage and other horrible diseases from breathing in the soot. In the earlier poem, a young chimney sweeper recounts a dream by one of his fellows, in which an angel rescues the boys from coffins and takes them to a sunny meadow; in the later poem, an apparently adult speaker encounters a child chimney sweeper abandoned in the snow while his parents are at church or possibly even suffered death where church is referring to being with God. The poem from Songs of Experience was set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle Songs and Proverbs of William Blake. (en)
  • The Chimney Sweeper is de titel van twee gedichten van de Engelse schrijver, dichter en beeldend kunstenaar William Blake. Het eerste gedicht stamt uit de in 1789 gepubliceerde bundel Songs of Innocence, het tweede, gepubliceerd in het deel Songs of Experience, verscheen in 1794. Beide series gedichten werden gezamenlijk gepubliceerd onder de titel Songs of Innocence and of Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. De twee gedichten behandelen het lot van jonge schoorsteenvegertjes die in de 18e en 19e eeuw door hun ouders, vaak uit pure noodzaak, werden 'verkocht' om het vuile werk van de schoorsteenvegers te verrichten. De jonge jongens werden de grote schoorstenen in gestuurd om van binnenuit het roet te verwijderen. Ook Charles Dickens beschreef deze miserabele toestanden in zijn werken. (nl)
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  • "The Chimney Sweeper" is the title of a poem by William Blake, published in two parts in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is set against the dark background of child labour that was prominent in England in the late 18th and 19th centuries. At the age of four and five, boys were sold to clean chimneys, due to their small size. These children were oppressed and had a diminutive existence that was socially accepted at the time. Children in this field of work were often unfed and poorly clothed. In most cases, these children died from either falling through the chimneys or from lung damage and other horrible diseases from breathing in the soot. In the earlier poem, a young chimney sweeper recounts a dream by one of his fellows, in which (en)
  • The Chimney Sweeper is de titel van twee gedichten van de Engelse schrijver, dichter en beeldend kunstenaar William Blake. Het eerste gedicht stamt uit de in 1789 gepubliceerde bundel Songs of Innocence, het tweede, gepubliceerd in het deel Songs of Experience, verscheen in 1794. Beide series gedichten werden gezamenlijk gepubliceerd onder de titel Songs of Innocence and of Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. (nl)
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