6/27/2023 0 Comments The chimney sweeper experience![]() The new version was called Songs of Innocence and Experience. Then in 1794 Blake expanded the book and included a whole new set of poems. The first poem, also called "The Chimney Sweeper," was published in 1789 in a volume called The Songs of Innocence, and you should definitely check out that version, if you're interested in more scoop on chimney-sweeping. Really, it's a messy business, and in the late 18th century, when Blake was at the peak of his poetry prowess, chimney-sweeping was tantamount to a slave trade.īlake was so disgusted with the whole chimney-sweeping industry that he wrote not one but two poems about it. As it turns out, despite what Mary Poppins may have led you to believe, scrubbing flues is not all skipping and singing. ![]() If there's one thing that really got William Blake riled up it was chimney-sweeping. The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Experience) Introduction ![]()
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