The Chimney Sweeper

The Chimney Sweeper

The poems speaker, I feel, is interpreting a dream of a young boy he knows. He tells of having to work as a chimney sweeper to help support the single parent family he lives in. The speaker seems to have a very religious background because of all the belief he has in the angels coming and opening the coffins of the dead sweepers and setting them free to be in heaven together. I think that both young boys are missing ...