Which lines from “the chimney sweeper” (songs of innocence) most accurately portray the innocent, naive perspective of the child speaker?

(a) then naked and white, all their bags left behind,
they rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind:
and the angel told tom, if he’d be a good boy,
he’d have god for his father, and never want joy.
(b) 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, and in soot i sleep.
(c) and by came an angel, who had a bright key,
and he opened the coffins, and set them all free;
then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run
and wash in a river, and shine in the sun.
(d) and so tom awoke, and we rose in the dark,
and got with our bags and our brushes to work.
though the morning was cold, tom was happy and warm:
so, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm.

Answer:

The lines from “The Chimney Sweeper” (Songs of Innocence) that most accurately portray the innocent, naive perspective of the child speaker are: “And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins, and set them all free; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.” Option C is the correct answer over here.

Explanation:

William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper,” is an insight into a corrupt society and a criticised view of the Church. These unprivileged children lead a death-infected life of restriction but in their dreams they are on a green plain where there is pleasure, light, colour and laughter and they are free and running.

The reality is subjected to the darkness of the city life and a capitalist economy. In the lines mentioned above, this is portrayed. The dream helps Tom endure his misery but the poet isn’t ready to commend such a passive acceptance of misery to obtain the happiness of heaven after death .

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)