London
- Created by: Rowan Wild
- Created on: 06-03-17 18:14
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- London
- Form
- "I": First person narrator personalises the poem and makes it seem more real
- The ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken and seems to echo the misery of the city.
- Senses
- "Curse": He hears the prostitutes swearing.
- "Infants cry of fear": The speaker hears various distressing noises. Makes it seem like a vivid, hellish experience.
- Rhetoric
- The narrator uses rhetorical language to persuade you of his point of view. He uses emotive words to reinforce the horror.
- "Every": Repetition emphasises feeling of bleakness
- "Chimney sweeper's": They were usually young boys. This is an emotive image of child labour
- Feelings and attitudes
- Anger: Emotive language and repetition show the narrator's anger at the situation.
- Contrasts
- "Marriage hearse": Oxymoron links the happy image of marriage with death.
- "Youthful harlot's curse": Contrast between innocence of youth and sordidness of prostitution.
- Context
- William Blake was an english poet
- He believed in social and racial equality.
- Form
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