London and the Chimney Sweeper The poems London and the Chimney Sweeper were both written by William Blake. Both poems were written around the same time and were written to show the cruelty of city life. Blake wanted to give us a strong visual picture in our minds of what workers in the 1800’s went through. He wrote both these poems to show us that children working in the city saw death as a way …showed first 75 words of 355 total…

…showed last 75 words of 355 total…happened back in the 1800’s many people would have died. Ford had to close down their plant in order to fix the problem. They lost a lot of business in trying to fix the problem. We should be thankful to have OSHA and safety policies. Back then they didn’t have a minimum wage. People got paid ten cents an hour, if that. We should be thankful of all the safety organizations we have today.