London - Power and Conflict

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  • Created on: 10-04-21 10:45
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  • London
    • Form
      • Dramatic monologue
      • First person speaks personally about the suffering. Realistic.
        • ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken. Echoes the relentless misery of London.
          • Regular rhyme could reflect sound of his feet as he walks around
    • Structure
      • Narrator presents relentless images
        • deprived people
      • First two stanzas focus on on people that he sees and hears
        • Stanza 3 focusses on institution he holds
          • Stanza 4 shows how people are affected including new-borns.
    • William Blake
    • Rhetorical
      • Used rhetorical language
        • persuadesyou of his viewpoint
      • Powerful, emotive words used
        • reinforces horror
          • Also, repetition used to emphasisenumber affected
            • Society must change
    • Senses
      • Talks about sounds and sights
        • 1st Stanza = what he sees
  • 2nd = what he hears
    • 3rd and 4th = visual and aural

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