Question

Which option most accurately demonstrates how poet William Blake views the practice of forced child labor in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience)?

Answer 1

Answer: A. Blake is outraged by the fact that families allow and encourage child labor.

Explanation:

In this poem by William Blake, he hopes to expose the corrupting influences of the Church on families as they lead families away from providing the best they can for their children and instead condoning child labor with the Chimney sweepers being the focus.

Blake is outraged that the families cannot see what they are doing to their children by putting religion above the children's happiness and instead pushing them to engage in child labor.