Defeatist Diction

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Challenges are a part of everyday life.They’re inevitable and without them life is meaningless. “Chimney sweep” both Experience and Innocence are both similar in tone by the author’s use of defeatist diction. Even though they have similar tone, they have different experience of their childhood. In “ The Chimney sweep” poem of Innocence, the author talked about the struggles he faced. He was young when his mother died , and was shortly sold by his father. He felt betrayed but his mind was far away to even think about that. A lot of boys were sold at that time , they were badly treated, with never enough dish to dig or housing. The kids were put in danger of burning, cancer and other serious diseases that confirm an early death.