London by William Blake
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- Created on: 20-02-19 13:12
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- London by William Blake
- Language
- negative language
- purposeless
- "i wander through each chartered street"
- "youthful harlot's curse"
- "marks of weakness, marks of woe"
- "in every..."
- "mind-forged manacles"
- "runs in blood down palace walls"
- emotive language
- Conflicts
- poverty
- people in power
- monarchy
- child labour
- power of humans
- humanity
- Past and Present
- written in a time where london was full of poverty
- current audience would have thought that it was shocking
- times were difficult and the poet wrote about this from him perspective
- times were really difficult
- corrupt monarchy
- Form and Structure
- regular rhyme scheme ABAB
- same length stanzasthroughout
- no enjambment or caesura which shows that he has clear view
- repetition of 'every' to show inclusion of everyone
- recount of a memory
- Context
- born in 1757
- he was largely unrecognised in his time
- William blake had unusual and quirky views
- he stayed at school until the age of 10
- Emotions
- sadness
- desperation
- hopelessness
- relentlessness
- irritation, bad things are happening and there is nothing that they can do about it
- loss
- Language
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