Childhood in Robert Frosts Birchess and William Blakes The Chimney Sw

Childhood in Robert Frosts Birchess and William Blakes The lamp chimney SweeperRobert Frosts view of puerility is much different than that of William Blake, as express in their respective poems, Birches and The Chimney Sweeper. Living in the juvenile seventeenth century, Blake saw some hard times and as such, paints a very non-romantic picture of childishness. Frost, however, sees things differently. The result is two glaringly different poems that goes to set up how very different people are.Blakes portrayal of childhood is far from happy. A small childs m new(prenominal) dies while that child is still very raw this is sad but non all together strange. However the childs male parent because, very soon after, sells him off to be a chimney sweeper. Blake does not stop here after a description these childrens living conditions hardly a(prenominal) emotions are left except for pity. As Americans living in the twenty first century, this all seams very strange. We see ch ildhood as a time of joy, and innocence a time to embrace, and to not let suit by too fast. We see childhood as Robert Frost does.Childhood, a time of adventure a time when the world is large and mysterious, and there is always more explore a time when there is no wrong that could not be righted by a mothers kiss. This is the childhood draw by Robert Frost. He describes this through a portrayal of the childs game of ride birches a careful climb, a well timed jump, and an exhilarating swing. then(prenominal) he describes the loss when one ages. How one by one this male child subdues the trees until there are none left to swing from. Frost then finishes off by showing his longing to return to those days.How is it that two poems, pen on the same theme, could be so incredibly d... ...about an ideal childhood, or that of a friend and Blake could have done likewise. However, because they both wrote about the childhood they experienced, this validates our other theories on time and jam. The difference between these two views of childhood are like night and day. One is a pleasant time, and the other is not. One is a time to hang on to, the other is a time to get passed. One is a time of joy, the other is one of hardship. Looking back on how my life has played out so far, I am glad that I should have the privilege of Frosts childhood, and not that of Blake but one is by no means the norm and the other not. The primary factor causing the difference between Blakes and Frosts childhood was location, location in time and space. And, though as unfortunate as it may be, when the world is viewed in 4D Frosts childhood is hardly normal.