Blake's London (Experience)

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London (E)
- Form
  - ABAB rhyme scheme and short sentence length gives poem steady pace, allowing the reader to dwell on subject matter.
  - Dystopian scene
- Negative imagery
  - 'cry', 'woe', 'fear', 'blood, 'tear', 'harlot, 'hearse'
- 'And blights with plagues the Marriage-hearse' - Blake hated constitutional marriage
  - Juxtaposition highlights that death and marriage are both ceremonial
Semantic field of innocence
- London (E)
  - Form
    - ABAB rhyme scheme and short sentence length gives poem steady pace, allowing the reader to dwell on subject matter.
    - Dystopian scene
  - Negative imagery
    - 'cry', 'woe', 'fear', 'blood, 'tear', 'harlot, 'hearse'
  - 'And blights with plagues the Marriage-hearse' - Blake hated constitutional marriage
    - Juxtaposition highlights that death and marriage are both ceremonial
'infants', 'youthful', 'new born'
- Semantic field of innocence
A lot of verbs
- 'flow', 'wander', 'meet', 'hear', 'cry', 'sigh'
Repetition of 'every' emphasises mass problems
use of words 'chimney sweep', 'harlot', 'plagues', 'hearse' depict confrontation nature of poem
Symbol of social order
Ballad form - 4 quatrains
Polemical
'Blasts the new-born infants tear'
- Single tear evokes purity, preciousness and emotion
Single tear evokes purity, preciousness and emotion
'The mind forg'd manacles I hear:'
Imaginary - atmosphere makes you feel restricted. Society has collectively changed
- 'The mind forg'd manacles I hear:'

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