Which option most accurately demonstrates how poet William Blake views the practice of forced child labor in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) ?"The Chimney Sweeper": A. Two VersionsBlake is outraged by the fact that families allow and encourage child labor. B. Blake feels pity for the child workers but believes the work is necessary to support their families. C. Blake mocks the ignorance of the child workers and their inability to recognize their own situations. D. Blake agrees with families that as long as the child workers seem happy, nothing is wrong with child labor.

A. Blake is outraged by the fact that families allow and encourage child labor.

Explanation:

In his poems of "The Chimney Sweeper" in "Songs of Innocence and Experience", William Blake talks of the condition of the children chimney sweepers who had to go through a hazardous labor in their line of work. It is true that they are the only one available to do that particular job, due to their small bodies and flexibility, but at the same time, it addresses the issue of child labor.

While the chimney sweeper of "Innocence" is all about the positivity of the child sweep in describing his dream, the one in "Experience" is more like a child forced into labor by his parents in colluding with the church and the state. This shows that the parents as well as the society did not find it harmful or bad to make a small child do the type of work. This poem from "Experience" seems to most accurately demonstrate the view of Blake regarding this child labor.