In the three sets of poems, "Infant Joy" and "Infant Sorrow", "The Chimney Sweeper", and "Nurse's Song", Blake explores the two disparate but connected perspectives of our human lives through vivid concrete imagery, powerful abstract symbols, and ingenious juxtaposition. ... In "The Chimney Sweeper" from Songs of Innocence, the narrator, a little boy who is in his innocence and youth, is unaware of how difficult his life is. ... In the first three lines, the narrator calls what he sees as a "little black thing among the snow" (...

• Word Count: 1939
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate