options most accurately show how the child speaker's story in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) develops the tone of t
he poem? (Select all that apply.) "The Chimney Sweeper": Two Versions Words like "little black thing" and "clothes of death" create an angry, vengeful tone. Words like "injury" and "misery" contribute to a sorrowful tone. Words like "crying" and "notes of woe" create a gloomy, grim tone. Words like "gone" and "weep! Weep!" contribute to a fearful tone.
Words like "injury" and "misery" contribute to a sorrowful tone.
Explanation:
The poem "The Chimney Sweeper" is part of <em>Songs of Innocence and Experience</em>, by William Blake. In it, he presents the plight of chimney sweepers, some of the most oppressed people of his time period. At the time, chimney sweepers were usually children who were poor or orphans, and who were hired in this business. However, this was often more akin to a type of slavery. Blake emphasizes all the sorrow that these children suffer through the use of words such as "injury" and "misery."
