Chimney Sweeper

Poets use parallelism for all the following reasons except to

connect to the world of nature

parallelism is NOT a repetition of

consonants that sound similar

Ultimately Tom Dacre believes that everything will be fine as long as he

does his duty

Tom Dacre would probably not be described as

rebellious

in the chimney sweeper from songs of experience the speaker

resents his parents

In the chimney sweeper from songs of innocence, the speaker has spent most of his life

sweeping chimneys

Peter smart, the young man interviewed in the excerpt from "Evidence Given Before the Sadler Committee" worked as a

textile mill hand

An example of parallelism from one of the poems is

"And wash in a river, and shine in the Sun."

Which statement best describes the relationship between Peter Smart's testimony and the experiences of the children in the chimney sweeper poems

Although peter smart was a real person and Tom Dacre a character in a poem, both boys' experiences ring true

Which statement best summarizes the difference between the sweepers in the two poems

in the first he is accepting of his poverty; in the second he is angry

The comparison of Tom with a lamb suggest his

innocence

In the chimney sweeper from songs of experience the speaker describes his situation as being full of

misery and woe

Aside from poetry, parallelism is often in

political speeches