Big 5 Poetry- 'London' quotes and a technique

Question 1

‘I ______ through each ______ _____ / Near where the _______ _____ ____ ______,’

Answer 1

‘I wander through each chartered street / Near where the chartered Thames does flow,’
Streets owned by those in power
repetition of ‘chartered’- emphasises control over city
Natural Imagery - government has control over the Thames / nature

Question 2

repetition / anaphora of ‘In _____ …. / In _____ ….. / In _____….’

Answer 2

‘In every…. / In every… / In every…’
emphasises widespread suffering, no exception to the suffering

Question 3

‘The ___-____ _____ I hear:’

Answer 3

‘The mind-forged manacles I hear:’
metaphor- people of London are imprisoned by thoughts and beliefs and the way the government controls them
“manacles” - metaphor, attached to the people who cannot break free, psychologically imprisoned.
Alliteration - connects ‘manacles’ to the mind.

Question 4

‘the _____ ______ ____ / Runs in _____ down ______ _____.’

Answer 4

‘the hapless soldiers sigh / Runs in blood down palace walls.’
metaphor of soldiers sigh, ‘hapless’ = lack of control, symbol of revolution
sibilance - recreates the sighs

Question 5

What sort of rhyme goes through the poem?

Answer 5

ABAB

Question 6

Who wrote ‘London’?

Answer 6

William Blake

Question 7

What are the big ideas in London?
Those in g______ a_____ their p_______
People can r______ a_______ those in p________

Answer 7

Those in government abuse their power
People can rebel against those in power

Question 8

Which Big 5 poem can you compare London to?

Answer 8

Checking Out Me History

Question 9

“the m______ h_____”

Answer 9

“the marriage hearse”
Metaphor & oxymoron - connects life and death, the working people live in a constant, never-ending cycle.