Think about the first four lines of the poem. What is the narrator expressing in these lines? The Chimney-Sweeper

“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 I spot I sleep.”

The poet said that when he was young ,his mother was died.And his father sold him like a orphan child before his tongue is able to talk.so the poet said that I clean your chimnies and after I sleep.

the correct statement is letter a.   according to the mandate of heaven, kings were considered godlike beings, so they could do as they .

the mandate of heaven is a chinese political and religious ideology used since ancient times to justify the rule of the king or emperor of china, that has been in place since the zhou until the dynasty system ended. it has been created to justify the zhou as the main power of the region. in order to keep harmony, the ruler has to make what he wants and what people want. he had to make good choices to satisfy the people and then they will be happy and keep you in power.

the answer is b: an economic crisis throughout the country.