As night looms, he hears "How the youthful Harlot's curse/Blasts the new-born Infant's tear, / And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse" (14-6). Even the populations' state of mind is represented with negative imagery. It is also important to note that the poet senses weariness when looks at the townspeople and that it stems from "mind-forged manacles" (8). This line makes it known that there is suffering but it comes from the people more than it does their surroundings. This perspective is illustrating the point of "The Chimney Sweeper" with opposite repercussions. The people how allowed their experiences to take their innocence and their love for life away from them. This means that society is suffering, but the suffering is made by society itself. These poems demonstrate the versatility of William Blake's works and the scope of his talent. He utilized powerful images...

In the "The Chimney Sweeper," the poet deliberately focuses on positive imagery to force us to consider the positive mindset of the children. They are free even though they have every reason to be; they are happy even thought they seem to be missing so much. In London," the poet does just the opposite with the people that are worn down by life. Their mindsets are negative and depressing. Through imagery, Blake tells us a story in just a few lines in a poem, demonstrating his success as a poet.
Works Cited

Blake, William. "London." The Norton Anthology of English Literature M.H.

Abrams, ed. New York W.W. Norton and Company. 1986.

-. "The Chimney Sweeper." The Norton Anthology of English Literature M.H.

Abrams, ed. New York W.W. Norton and Company. 1986.