Romantic PeriodPoetDescription of poemThemesSymbolsLanguage UsageMetaphors and SimiliesImplementions in the classConclusion

CONTENT

THE ROMANTIC PERIOD(1798-1832)

Industrial Revolution IndividualismLove of NatureReaction to French

RevolutionEnlightenmentEmotions vs rationality

Individualism: Loneliness, subjective. Individuality and the differences between human being.

Industrial Revolution: From Agricultural society to a modern industrial nation. Working class.

WILLIAM BLAKE

1757 - 1827

Born in London 1757 British poet, engraver, painter,

At the age of 12, began to write.

Poetical Sketches his first book of poems.(1783)

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794).

The two last and greatest ‘prophetic’ poems Milton and Jerusalem.

Died in 1827 (buried in a common grave )

HIS LIFE AND WORKS

His Style

Engraver ing affect ed his style,

Simple and direct speech,

Reaction to church, norms, wars

Sense of emotionReflecting of his observations and experiences from different perspective.

THE CHIMNEY SWEEPERSWHY DID HE WRITE THIS POEM?

Readers would likely have been members of the upper classes. With this poem, they could glance at what life is like in someone else's shoes.

When my mother died I was very young

,And my father sold me while yet my

tongue

Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!‘

So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep.

FIRST STANZA

When my mother died I was very young,

sadness And my father sold me while yet

my tongue sense of

betrayal Could scarcely cry 'Weep! weep!

weep! weep!‘ child’s attempt at saying

sweep So your chimneys I sweep, and in

soot I sleep.

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,

That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said,

'Hush,Tom! never mind it, for, when your head's bare,

You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.'

SECOND STANZA

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,

That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said,

youth, innocence, purity

'Hush, Tom! never mind it, for, when your head's bare,

bald

You know that the soot cannot spoil your

white hair.‘ not to

have dirty hair

And so he was quiet, and that very night,

As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!

That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,

Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.

THIRD STANZA

And so he was quiet, and that very night,

As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!

dream

That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned and Jack,

many poor sweepers in the street one syllabus

name Were all of them locked up in coffins of

black. not free (slave)

similar to chimney

And by came an angel, who had a bright key,

And he opened the coffins, and set them all free;

Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run

And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.

FORTH STANZA

And by came an angel, who had a bright key,

holly figure but bribery hope for freedom

And he opened the coffins, and set them all free;

Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run

like a Heaven

happyAnd wash in a river, and shine in the

sun. clean away their sins

contrast to the darkness

Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,

They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind;

And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,

He'd have God for his father, and never want joy

FIFTH STANZA

Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,

like first born, ( innocence)

They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind;

from lower class to upper class

And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy

to be God’s child

He'd have God for his father, and never want joy

obedience hope for caring

And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark,

And got with our bags and our brushes to work.

Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy an warm:

So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

SIXTH STANZA

And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark return to real world

And got with our bags and our brushes to work.

willing to work because of dream

Though the morning was cold,Tom was happy an warm

believed Angel

So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

unfortunately, he was unaware that he is

a VICTIM

THEMES

INNOCENCE LAMBS BACK

WASH NAKED AND WHITE

WHITE HAIR

DREAM

NATUREGREEN FIELDS

CLEAN RIVER WATERTHE SUNSINEWINDERASE THE SOOT

INDIVIDUALISMINDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Rich people became richer, and poor people became poorer.

Many factory workers were children. They were behaved very badly.

Although in 1832 the use of boys for sweeping chimneys was forbidden by law, boys continued to be forced through the narrow winding passages of chimneys in large houses.

Society was in a chaos. Demographics, politics, social

structures and institutions, and the economy.

GOD• TRUST IN GOD

• HOPEFULNESS

• DREAM OF HEAVEN

• ANGEL

METAPHOR AND SIMILE

LAMPS BACK (LINE 6) like his curly hair (simile) symbol of innocence BLACK (SOOT) (LINE 4) represent sin against innocence BLACK COFFIN (LINE 12) their life style is in captivity (simile) ANGEL (LINE 13) having a meaning of salvation (metaphor)BRIGHT KEY (LINE 13) device of freedom (metaphor)

•WASH IN RIVER (LINE 16) clean away sins• NAKED AND WHITE (LINE 17) Like first born• GOD (LİNE 20) care like a father

ALLITERATION ( line 4) ‘s’ sound: So your chimneys I sweep in soot I sleep.

CONNOTATION ( LİNE 3) ‘sweep – weep’ ANAPHORA ( LİNE 3) ‘Weep! Weep! Weep!’

Divided into 6 stanzasa and 24 lines.

LANGUAGE USE

……………..very young, A ………….behind C

……………..my tongue A ………….wind C

………………weep! weep!’ B ………….boy I

…………….. I sleep B ………….joy I

………………head C …………..dark F

………………said C …………..work F

………………baer D …………..harm J

……………….hair D ………….warm J

……………….night E……………..sight E……………..black F……………..Jack F……………...key G………………free G……………….run H……………….sun H

IMPLEMENTATIONS IN CLASS

The teacher sets the scene and rise students’ curiosity by showing them a cover design and asking them to speculate about the book, it is story and mood.

ACTIVITY ONE: Using the Titile and Cover Design

The teacher draws out students’ ideas or values that are implicit within the poem.

ACTIVITY TWO: Choosing A Moral

Students act as flies on the wall and imagine that they are present in the book as themselves, though. They keep a diary.

ACTIVITY THREE: Fly On The Wall

POVERTYABUSE OF THE CHILDRENCHURCH’S PROMISES A BRILLIANT

LIFE AFTER DEATH.OBEDIENCE TO THE MASTERSBRAIN WASH OF THE CHILDRENWHO ARE OUGHT TO DO THEIR DUTIES

???? CHILDREN OR ADULTS !!!!!!!!

CONCLUSION

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