Poetry Themes- Society
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- Created on: 05-04-18 15:00
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- Society
- London
- Structure
- Blake uses a lot of repetition
- Implies the cycle of poverty
- No escape for the lower social classes
- Begins poem observing the streets of London
- As the poem progresses, he is more angry about the institutions not helping the poor.
- Church, Monarchy and Government
- Poem ends negatively with implications of death
- As the poem progresses, he is more angry about the institutions not helping the poor.
- Blake uses a lot of repetition
- Context
- Published as part of 'Songs of Innocence and Experience'
- By William Blake
- Lived in Victoria era
- Key Quotes
- "I wander thro'"
- Structured as a journey
- Repetition of "charter'd"
- London is owned
- People have been robbed of their rights
- Repetition of "every"
- Enormity of poverty from children to adults
- "black'ning church" & "Runs in blood down Palace walls"
- Blame on church and state
- "blights with plagues"
- Everything good is destroyed
- "plagues" implies decay and pestilence
- "I wander thro'"
- Structure
- Living Space
- Context
- By Imtiaz Dharker
- Born in Pakistan
- Raised in Scotland
- Interest in representing different cultures
- Raised in Scotland
- Born in Pakistan
- By Imtiaz Dharker
- Key Quotes
- "Living Space"
- Ironic as there isn't much living space in Mumbai
- "Squeezed"
- Enjambment
- Reflects how the structures lean over
- On top of each other
- Reflects how the structures lean over
- Central stanza to reflect the small gaps
- Enjambment
- "crookedly", "clutch" and "leans dangerously"
- Unsafe
- "eggs"
- Ordinary objects make it feel like home
- fragility of life
- Ordinary objects make it feel like home
- Bright,thin walls of faith"
- Miracle
- Still have "faith" in difficult conditions
- "Living Space"
- Structure
- The poem begins with Dharker being sarcastic towards the negative views of the slum
- Small middle stanza represents small "Living Space"
- Ends with admiration towards the people in the slums
- Positive attitudes towards their negative circumstances
- Ends with admiration towards the people in the slums
- Small middle stanza represents small "Living Space"
- The poem begins with Dharker being sarcastic towards the negative views of the slum
- Context
- London
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