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.
Shelley was born in 1792 .In 1810 ,he was expelled from Oxford university for his pamphlet." The Necessity of Atheism" . He died in 1822 in Italy . His notable works are " Ode to the West Wind","To a skylarkS","Prometheus unbound" etc. The main theme of Shelley's poetry is freedom and love which are the solution of the evil world.
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