Question

When my mother died I was very young,

And my father sold me while yet my tongue,
Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep.
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep.
In “The Chimney Sweeper” by William Blake, which of the following statements does not support Blake’s message about the life of a chimney sweep?


Chimney sweeping was dangerous.

Chimney sweepers were not well paid.

Children were forced to work as chimney sweeps.

Some chimney sweepers were quite content.

Answer 1

Some chimney sweepers were quite content.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The last one, because the poem clearly does not support that idea. The poem shows almost everything but chimney sweepers being content. Remember: content means satisfied or happy.