Perhaps psychologically, sympathy pains allow the man to go through the pain with the woman, so she doesn't have to do it alone. According to one article I unearthed on the subject, though, there is a biological foundation for these feelings. Men with pregnant partners were shown to have an increased level of estrogen and a decreased level of testosterone in one test.
William Blake (1757-1827) , English artist, mystic and poet wrote Songs of Innocence (1789): a poetry collection written from the child s point of view, of innocent wonderment and spontaneity in natural settings which includes Little Boy Lost, Little Boy Found and The Lamb;
In The Chimney Sweeper of Songs of Innocence, while conveying the misery of the young victims of society, Blake emphasizes the contentment and sense of security of the soot-covered boys.Most chimney sweepers from this time were abandoned children of prostitutes or orphans.he Chimney Sweeper makes that irony explicit. This poem clearly denounces the Church, as evidenced in his depiction of the child sweeper dying in the snow while his parents are in church.