The central idea of this poem is to send a message to society– to abolish child labour and let young, innocent children live the life they desire. The Chimney Sweeper Summary
The central idea of this poem is to send a message to society– to abolish child labour and let young, innocent children live the life they desire.
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This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Alliteration: A couple of examples would be “So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep” and “soot cannot spoil”. Simile: One such example would be the description of Tom Dacre’s head to be “curled like a lamb's back”. MetapRead more
This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:
The Chimney Sweeper Summary