" The chimney Sweeper"
I believe that this poem had a sad , yet hopeful tone. The character in this story is a young boy , whom his father could no longer take care off. The time era at this time was very harsh so its seems, that people had no money to support their family's as we see that the father sold his only son. However the son in this poem is always hopeful .He seems never to loose hope that one day everything will be better.
" Mother to son"
I believe that this mother is trying to convince her son to try and better himself for a brighter future. She explains that her life has not been easy. She wants her son to do better they she did. As many mother would do , encouraging her son to be someone in life.
" For my daughter"
In the beginning of this poem the mother describes thee innocence of her daughter. However the poet also describes that war bring tragedy and in many cases death. The conclusion that i got was that maybe this mother had a daughter and lost her as the war was occurring She feels great pain and in the last she tell us she does not wish to have a daughter.
How do we know that the speaker in Kees' poem is a mother? Why do you say that the mother lost the daughter or the daughter died in the war? Is there a connection between Kees' poem and Blake's poem? Is there a better future ahead for the chimney sweepers in Blake's poem? What do they have to look forward to? Does the mother encourage the son to do better in Hughes' poem or is she saying something a bit different about life?
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