V6 Alquin Romanticism 48-57 William Blake The chimney sweeper

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Songs of Innocence
Songs of Experience
The Chimney Sweeper

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The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake

  • William Blake wrote two poems which he both called 'The Chimney Sweeper'
  • The first poem was published in 1789, the second one in 1794.
  • Both poems address the fate of young chimney sweepers from the 18th and 19th century who were often 'sold' by their parents to work in miserable conditions sweeping chimneys







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Do you to enter a really tight space?
Hell no!
I'd rather not
Only if I really have to
no problem!

Slide 3 - Poll

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Slide 4 - Video

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Decribe a chimney sweeper. What does his body look like?

Slide 5 - Open question

blind
rough skin elbow and knees
deformed back
black from the soot
Vocabulary - Sleep de vertaling naar het juiste woord
soot
scarcely
spoil
coffin
to leap
tho
harm
duty
roet
nauwelijks
vervuilen
doodskist
ook al
leed
plicht
springen

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They need not fear harm
my tongue could scarcely cry
in soot I sleep
Nothing bad will happen. 
I couldn't speak yet
I sleep covered in dirt

Slide 7 - Drag question

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08:52
9 inches across =
A
13,86 centimeter
B
22,86 centimeter
C
32,86 centimeter
D
42,86 centimeter

Slide 8 - Quiz

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Which answer is NOT correct.
These chimney sweepers were:
A
bought from orphanages
B
volunteers
C
sold by their parents
D
kidnapped

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Slide 10 - Video

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Slide 11 - Link

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Slide 12 - Video

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Slide 13 - Link

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Assignments on The Chimney Sweeper
  1. His mother had passed away, and his father sold him as a young child.
  2. The reader is drawn into the story.
  3. The repetition expresses the monotony of his life.
  4. With the narrow and dark chimneys.


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Assignments on The Chimney Sweeper
  • 5. a. The descriptions in the first thee stanzas are darker and more gloomy than those in the last three.

  • b. 1-3: died, sold me, soot, cried, shaved, spoil, coffins, black, 4-6: Angel, bright, opened, set free, green plain, leaping, laughing, shine, sport, happy, warm, etc.

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Assignments on The Chimney Sweeper

  • 6. They represent Good, or the positive aspects.

  • 7. Duty is a typically grown-up word, used in the adult world. A child would therefore not be inclined to use such a word. The fact that he does, however, lends a sense of irony.

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Assignments on The Chimney Sweeper
  • 8. No; dialogue. Someone else poses a question in line 3.

  • 9. Poem 1: mother died, father sold his son. Poem 2: both parents still living, though they do not care about their son.

  • 10. Black. contrast to white snow. 

  • 11. Innocence.

  • 12. a. The parents
  • b. They destroyed his happiness.

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Assignments on The Chimney Sweeper

13. The Church and the State, though primarily the former.

14. In the 1st poem, God was a father who made children happy; in the 2nd poem, however, God shows no concern for the misery.

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