English Literature: London

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  • London
    • Chartered street...chartered Thames
      • trapped imagery
      • something that is 'chartered' highlights the extent of government authority
        • they even have control over rivers, which are usually associated with nature and freedom
    • Marks of weakness, marks of woe
      • emotive language
      • this emotive language expresses the extent of the suffering
        • Blake's anger at the institutions that fail to help
    • In every cry of every Man /  In every Infant's cry of fear
      • emotive language
        • expresses the extent of the suffering
        • Blake's anger at the institutions that fail to help
      • repetition of 'every; throughout heightens the sense that the problem is widespread
    • Every black'ning Church appalls
      • colour imagery
      • 'black'ning church is associated with ideas of corruption and even death
    • Runs in blood down palace walls
      • metaphor
        • emphasises that the monarchy is guilt of living in luxury while doing nothing to help the struggles of the city
    • unpleasant and/or powerful experiences
      • The Prelude
      • Exposure
      • Bayonet Charge
      • Remains
    • human power and the misuse of power
      • My Last Duchess
      • Ozymandias
    • William Blake (1794)

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