Question

(It is a poem by William Blake)

Read “The Chimney Sweeper” aloud. What do you notice about the poem’s structure and rhyme scheme? What does the title tell you?

Answer 1

The lines are in iambic pentameter. Each stanza has four lines, consisting of two pairs of lines that rhyme.

The title makes me think that the poem is about a chimney sweeper, and the use of the definite article the makes it clear that the poem is about one particular chimney sweeper.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

every other stanza they author changes the rhyme scheme (weep, sleep; bare, hair etc). the poem is set up with 4 stanzas per segment with between 9-10 syllables per stanza. the title tells me the story is about a chimney sweeper.