... with the complete lack of comfort offered in Experience's version. Here the sweep's unfeeling sanctimonious parents have clothed him in the clothes of death and taught him to sing the notes of woe. Religion is seen to be firmly on the side of the parents who are both gone up to the church to pray'. God himself is implicated in the ... to enjoy the pleasures of their youth, but seeks to shatter their joy with the sour comment: Your spring and your day are wasted in play, And your winter and night in disguise. The poem has two stanzas, each containing five rhymed couplets. Repetition in t...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate