DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Chimney Sweep, Infant Sorrow, Hannah More
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=loved to fight the idea of two things existing at the same time. Spiritual vs radical - create own system to prevent being enslaved to another persons - use writing to show the contrast in the two. How do the poems of innocence and experience complement and contradict each other: both chimney sweep poems are about dark background of child labour and give two differing perspectives on it. Songs of experience juxtaposed theme so much there is a stark contrast - playing true to. More 1799 evangelical "fundamental error to consider children innocent: romantics saw children in a more liberal/positive light - nature v nurture as rousseau said. What is the relation between childhood and nature: both pure and interconnected. Lyrical format - short lines, simple rhythms and rhymes (ballad) and innovative syntax- almost like fairytale stories which link to ideas of childhood/innocence - shows songs of innocence champion experience. Frame serious questions about religion and nature of creation.
