In "The Chimney Sweeper" (Innocence), how does Blake evoke sympathy for the little chimney sweepers at the beginning of the poem? How does he increase your sympathy, both for the speaker and for Tom Dacre, in the second stanza? What reaction does the poe

Blake evokes sympathy in the first stanza. The boy is an orphan and has to sweep filthy chimneys in order to survive.

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.

Here we see the dirty unhealthy conditions the boy is having to work in. He cries all the time. The reader immediately feels a sense of sympathy for the boy. Please submit each of your questions one at a time. Thanks!