Question

6) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head

That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved, so I said,

"Hush, Tom! never mind it, for when your head's bare,

You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair."

(i) What is the name of the poem and the poet?

(ii) Who is the speaker in the poem ?

(iii) how did the speaker get his job ?

(iv) What does Lamb symbolize in the poem ?

(v) What is the theme of poem ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) The poem is The Chimney Sweeper by William Blake

(ii) A child of seven is the speaker

(iii) He says that his father had put him into the work as a chimney sweeper after the death of his mother.

(iv) A lamb is often associated with innocence and playfulness, whilst a child sweep has been exposed to cruel treatment.

(v) Misery, death, and hope are the major themes of this poem. The poem presents the miseries of children as chimney sweepers and their contentment in life. It is through the mouth of two young speakers the poet conveys his idea that one should not lose hope.

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