The correct answer is claim.
A claim is any statement or point of view a person might take on a particular argument. If you agree with one side of an argument, it means that you have a claim when it comes to that side. For example, if you are pro abortion, your claim is that abortion should be legal.
In the poem, the poet makes comparison of the children who have to work at a young age with the dreams that they have about their life with their real life.
<u>Explanation:</u>
"The chimney sweeper" is a poem written by William Blake. In the poem, the poet makes comparison of the life that the children have to spend who start working at a very young age with the dreams that they see of spending their lives.
The children want to laugh, run, enjoy, shine and play in their childhood. But in reality they are made to work hard. Their dreams are like locked and caught up in a coffin.
My idea,
Addition:
Even if it rains,
Darkness are clouding in,
Come, let's change lanes
Where we can answer,
"How have we been?"
wow I am bad at poetry
The answer is 3. symbolism