Chimney Sweeper

Choose one poem from among this week’s assigned readings except “The Chimney Sweeper,” which was used as an example in this week’s lecture. Post a response of at least 150 words.

  • Identify a number of key images in the poem which you believe are vital to understanding it and provide a detailed discussion of how those images function in the poem. 
  • Do the images work together to form a coherent pattern? 
  • What ideas or feelings are conveyed by the images the author has selected? 
  • How do they contribute to the overall meaning of the poem?