The Chimney Sweeper (Songs of Experience) by William Blake - Summary and Line by Line Explanation

"The Chimney Sweeper" is a poem by English visionary William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence and Experience (1794). It tells us about the plight of the chimney sweeper-a young boy forced to do the horrible work of cleaning chimneys who explains to the reader that society has oppressed and exploited the natural joyfulness of his youth.
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