William Blake Research Paper

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William Blake is one of the greatest English poets of all the time; he was a writer and an outstanding painter. He was born in Great Britain, at the Soho in London on November 28th, 1757. He represents an exceptional figure of the literary movement known as Romanticism and he was the influence of many in this literary movement. As mentioned by biographyonline.net, (n.d.): “Blake is not considered a classical romantic poet, but his new style of poetry and mystical experience of nature had a great influence on the growth of romanticism”. On August 12th, 1827 Blake died in Charring Cross, London, Great Britain.
The poem “The Chimney Sweeper” was first published in 1789, according to brainstormingideasimprovingeducation.com, (2015): at that time: “England was going through the Industrial Revolution; one can clearly perceive the social criticism expressed by the author”. The poem is about the dark reality around the child work at that time in England, exactly, the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. It was usual at that time for people to sold young boys in order to clean chimneys due to their small size. According to shmoop.com, (2008): “Most of the children engaged in the profession were orphans and paupers, and they were apprenticed to somebody known as a …show more content…

It also exemplifies the common struggle between economic classes, the contrast among the powerful and poor people. The struggle and injustice between social and economic classes, was one of the topics that Marx complained about, as said by psychometamorphosis.wordpress.com, (2012) Karl Marx considers that: “It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness”. Based on this and analyzing the poem, it is clear to determine the social differences and the roles of society in the eighteenth century and nineteenth