In the fourth stanza the poet draws a vivid picture of the animal sacrifice performed by the people of a small town by river or sea shore .They have left their sweet homes witness the killing of the heifer lowing at the sky as if praying to God before the loss of her innocent life.The whole stanza is contrast between life of motion and the motionless art.
In Blake's "Chimney sweeper" of the 'songs of Innocence volume Blake refers a little Chimney sweeper who has lost his father and mother.His parents sold him to master Chimney sweeper . The Chimney sweeper cry 'weep','weep','weep' is a parody of child's mumbling of 'sweep'.The speaker in the poem is Chimney sweeper and his friend is 'Tom Dacre' curly hair and white hair is a generalized picture of morbidity suffered by the working class people in England in late 1780s.T he tersh reference of the unhealthy condition of factories and industries by the words like :"coffins Black"," Black","cold" etc .To which the Chimney sweepers like Dick ,Joe and Ned are easy victims.In this poem Blake's tone is tender and gentle.
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