The Chimney Sweeper and London by William Blake and Tich...

The two poems â€Å"The Chimney Sweeper† and â€Å"London† by William Blake, and the two poems â€Å"Tich Miller† and â€Å"Timothy Winters† are all on a theme of childhood, however, they are set in different eras and so childhood should be very different. Discuss this, comparing and contrasting the poems. As a child, William Blake was a loner. He never socialised with other children and sat by himself reading the Bible. His family were very religious, but did not agree with organised religion. This meant that they never went to church and did all their worshipping at home. Blake was always an outsider and he refused to join in with his brothers and sisters. He had visions of angels and God when he was young and he often thought that this†¦show more content†¦This line also gives the impression of a prison and people being behind bars. This is because Blake didn’t like authority and believed in free will. The poem has a very strong rhythm, this sounds like either the Industrial Revolution or Blake’s’ fist on a table in anger. â€Å"And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse† In this last line of the poem, Blake puts two opposing ideas in a sentence. It puts a whole different view on marriage, making it seem like the beginning is the start of the end. Blake sees life in London very depressing; this could be why he thinks that marriage is like death. Living in a place like London could lead to hatred and end up not being, hence, the end of a marriage, a funeral. Blake is appalled by the cruelty to children that is going on. He mentions â€Å"Infants† twice in the poem, both saying that they are crying. â€Å"How the youthful Harlot’s curse Blasts the new born Infants tear† This shows that there were a lot of unwanted children at the time because of prostitution at a young age. The fact that young girls were on the streets also shows that life was hard because they were not being kept at home, or were sent out to get money for the family, and this was their last resort. In the poem â€Å"The Chimney Sweeper† Blake describes the life of a young boy who is a chimney sweeper. In the first