Chimney Sweeper 8.28

1.     How is this boy diff from normal chimney sweepers?

a.     The speaker has a typical view of his life. Bleak and often short, chimney sweeps’ lives were characterized by horrible conditions. The narrator acknowledges this and takes it for the truth. The boy the speaker describes claims to have seen a heavenly vision. He envisions that Angels will take them form their black-filled lives by being obedient to their masters. This child is strengthened and does his work joyfully and willingly.

2.     Possible significances of sweepers being “locked in coffins of black”?

a.     The thinly veiled metaphor involving an angel describes the children being released. It is an allegory for how angels will lead the children to heaven after their atrocious, gloomy lives are finished.