Answer:
B) Tom dreamed that sweepers died and went to heaven.
Explanation:
<u>William Blake's poem "The Chimney Sweeper" from his "Songs of Innocence"</u> is a poem about young children who were hired as chimney sweepers during the 18th century English society. This poem delves into the unhealthy and deplorable conditions of children who had to earn a living doing a work that is risky and even dangerous to their well being.
In the given stanzas of the poem, the speaker talks about how Tom Dacre had a dream one night and saw an angel with <em>"a bright key"</em>. This angel promised to set them free if they obediently do their work as chimney sweepers. In a way, the angel is justifying this child labor, which the author Blake strongly opposes. The poem is a critique of society where child employment occurs on a large scale and young people suffer the most. Thus, the <u>best summary of the given stanzas is that Tom dreamed that many sweepers died and went to heaven.</u>
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "d. the destructiveness of the sea." The Deserted Village is a poem by Oliver Goldsmith published in 1770. The central idea of the poem includes the destruction of self-reliance, the destruction of innocence, and <span>the destructiveness of greed.</span>
Metaphor- ...life in a snowglobe was <u>not all roses</u>!
Alliteration- ...<u>seasons</u> <u>stored</u> <u>safely</u> under the <u>stairs</u> in a storage bin
Onomatopoeia- ...<u>clink</u> on the glass
Oxymoron- ...there was a <u>deafening silence</u> as Frosty waited...
Personification- ...until the <u>snowflakes attacked him</u> from every angle
The figurative language here ( ‘A tree my baby brothers could lean on’ and ‘the raft that helps carry them over this life’s rough rivers’) Tells me that the writer of this poem is needed to be a ‘breadwinner’ for the family. This can be enforced by the fact that the poem states the family only consists of ‘Mom and us kids’, The author is now tasked with duties such as caring for his baby brothers once his mother is no longer able to. Families without 2 parental figures is normally very straining to the kids and the single parent, only the strongest can withstand the onslaught of caring for kids. Thus letting me know that the meaning of this poem is that family needs to be there for each other because no one else would.
