“The man who never in his mind
and thoughts travel'd to heaven is
no artist.” – William Blake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssjj0qr_cLg
Childhood
 Visions
 Religion
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From Songs of Innocence
 Theme
 God and Angels as recurring symbols
 Meter
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Speaker vs. audience
 Tone
 Irony
 Imagery
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Concept of innocence
 Colour imagery
 Contrast
 Deeper character to speaker
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Visions
 Sweepers identity
 Imagery
 Peace in sleep
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Allusion
 Rebirth of the sweepers
 Shift
 Bright imagery
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Rebirth
 Abandoning cares
 Sight rhyme
 Necessity of work
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Second shift
 Contrast
 Moral
 Shift in tone from first stanza
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Imagery
 Allusion
 Symbolism
 Contrast
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http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2004/1129.shtml
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~mcuddy/ENGB02Y/Chimney.htm
http://www.brighthub.com/education/homeworktips/articles/61717.aspx?p=2
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_blake_3.htm
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Frye, Northrop. Modern Critical Views: William Blake. Harold Bloom.
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1985.