London- William Blake
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- Created on: 23-04-17 08:07
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- London- William Blake
- Structure
- 4 stanza with 4 lines + alternate line rhyme (abab)
- "street...meet" "flow...woe"
- tight rhyme scheme represents power + rules of society rulers.
- each stanza show different part of London
- rhyme scheme also shows rhythm to show the narrator walking.
- "I wander through"
- rhyme scheme also shows rhythm to show the narrator walking.
- 4 stanza with 4 lines + alternate line rhyme (abab)
- Language
- negativity
- "weakness"
- "woe"
- "cry"
- "fear"
- "plagues"
- negativity
- Techniques
- Oxymoron
- "marriage hearse"
- marriage should be a celebration of life and life- but hearse is associated with funerals.
- pregnant + forced into marriage/the future only brings death.
- marriage should be a celebration of life and life- but hearse is associated with funerals.
- "marriage hearse"
- Polysemous words
- "marks of weakness"
- physical marks due to the conditions they endure.
- speaker recording evidence during his walk.
- "marks of weakness"
- Repition
- shows the scale of poverty in 2nd stanza
- "In every cry of every man"
- "In every infant's cry of fear"
- "In every voice, in every ban"
- shows the scale of poverty in 2nd stanza
- Alliteration
- "mind-forged manacles" (handcuffs)
- emphasises the restriction on peoples mind
- the city has robbed them the ability to think.
- emphasises the restriction on peoples mind
- "mind-forged manacles" (handcuffs)
- Oxymoron
- Corruption of power
- Blakes attacks certain institutions for letting poverty happen.
- "The chimney-sweeper's cry/ Every black'ning church appals"
- money is spent on church while children live in poverty.
- soot from which blackens the church walls.
- makes mockery of church- religion should bring love.
- "Run's in blood down Palace walls"
- allusion to the french revolution-if conditions don't change people will revolt.
- "The chimney-sweeper's cry/ Every black'ning church appals"
- "Chartered street" "Chartered Thames"
- charters that allocated ownership + rights to specific people.
- others saw this as robbing ordinary people of their rights and freedom.
- charters that allocated ownership + rights to specific people.
- Blakes attacks certain institutions for letting poverty happen.
- Background
- poem shows poverty throughout London and its causes.
- "harlot's curse/ Blasts the new-born infant's tear"
- prostitutes curse the child which suffers for their sins- no other choice.
- "harlot's curse/ Blasts the new-born infant's tear"
- he references to religion to show the failure of the church.
- Born in 1757.
- poem shows poverty throughout London and its causes.
- Structure
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