Question

‘There’s little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,
That curled like a lamb’s back, was shaved:’

Why did Tom Dacre cry and how did the narrator pacify the little boy?

Chapter-CHIMNEY SWIPER

Answer 1

Explanation:

The narrator is a child sweep who has no mother to guide him. ... The speaker of this poem is a small boy who was sold into the chimney-sweeping business after his mother died. He recounts the story of a fellow chimney sweeper, Tom Dacre, who cried when his hair was shaved to prevent vermin and soot from infesting it.