The Little Chimney Boy in the Chimney Sweep by William BlakeIn William Blake's poems, Blake gives his characters important traits that are significant to the characters themselves same and for poems. He does a wonderful job with the speaker in his poem The Chimney Sweeper. The speaker - a little boy who sweeps chimneys to survive - is described as comforting, honest and hopeful. Thanks to these characteristics, the little boy in The Chimney Sweeper is able to enhance his character and the poem. The little chimney boy is portrayed as comforting in The Chimney Sweeper for many reasons. While Tom Darce, who is a novice chimney sweep, cries because his hair is cut, the little chimney boy must find ways to ease Tom Darce's (Blake) feelings. He said in a sympathetic voice to Tom, AHush, Tom!@ (Blake 7). He goes on to convince Tom that getting a haircut was the best thing by saying, "Afor when your head is bare, / You know soot can't spoil your white hair" (Blake 7-8). the comfort is successful because Tom stops crying and can sleep and dream peacefully. Without the comforting attitude of the little chimney sweep, Tom might not have survived as a chimney sweep and the poem would have lacked honesty. Honesty is very important in The Chimney Sweeper because it allows the little chimney sweep to help himself and other chimney sweeps. sweepers adapt to life as chimney sweeps. The little chimney boy is honest with Tom that his baldness is an advantage in separating the chimneys. Her honesty gives Tom a comforting thought and Tom is able to sleep better. Perhaps the chimney boy's honesty keeps him from living in a fantasy world that is doomed to collapse as the truth comes out. This allows the little chimney boy to be honest with himself so as not to be disappointed later. By being honest, the little chimney boy can accept the way his life is. At the beginning of the poem, the little chimney boy admits: "When my mother died, I was very young, / My father sold me when my tongue / I could hardly cry A*cry!=cry!= cry !=cry!@ (Blake 1-3). This honesty helps the little chimney boy cope with the fact that his mother is dead and his father sold him..