William Blake was considered to be a rebel because of the techniques he used in his time period. William used many different, yet similar themes throughout his poems. These two poems differ in many ways; however, they speak of the same conflict. “The Chimney Sweeper” speaks out about the cruelness of child labor. Both the poems highlight the boys’ feelings over working in the chimneys. Blake uses end rhyme in both poems, the only difference is that in the second poem, the pattern alternates between lines. For example, line five and seven correspond together thus the ending rhymes. In the first poem, the ending of every line rhymes. For instance, lines one and two have end rhymes. In both poems, Blake uses imagery to convey the atmosphere and mood the poem is trying to convey. Take for example, in line thirteen through sixteen, the way he describes the scene in the little boy’s dream. “Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing they run And wash in a river and shine in the Sun.” He also uses this to compare the differences between dreams and the cruel reality of the situation. In lines twenty-one through twenty-four, we are able to see the striking differences of the adjectives he uses to describe two different things. As an illustration, he uses the word “dark” to describe what the little boy woke up to. As opposed to using …show more content…
Blake also uses onomatopoeia in both poems. He uses the word “weep” in a pattern to fully emphasize the sorrow the child has and perceives. In the second poem,