London Flashcards
Give analsysis for “chartered,thames,mark”
“CHARTERED”-Properties around the speaker are privately owned. Those in power are trying to control the nature “THAMES” miss use of power
“MARK”-emphasizes the importance that they are trapped. Physical or psychological scarring
What does the repetition of every show?
used to show scale of suffering.
Give a quote and the analysis for the church
“EVERY BLACKNING CHURCH”-church was black because of the smoke of industrial revolution. Metaphorical way:Criticism through colour imagery black symbolizes evil which suggest the church was evil and corrupt
What imagery is shown?
Suffering/conflict-negative language
Give analysis for “mind forged manacles”
Alliteration of mind/manacles helps draw our attention to the metaphor, Blake is showing that these people are not physically held back, but their belief in their own weakness holds them back.
Give analysis for “In every Infants cry of fear”
Infants tear,
The juxtaposition but also connection between the cries of children made to sweep chimneys and therefore from the rooftops, and church bells which ring out is striking. Blake saw religion as a tool to keep the people down and therefore was wrong ‘blackening’.
This contrasts the cries of the innocent dirty children with the supposedly clean but corrupt church.
Give analysis for “hapless soldiers sigh”
This draws on the link to war at this time. The blood running down palace walls signifies their sacrifice to protect the power of those who live in the palaces. It is a symbolic metaphor.
suggest the unhappiness of the the solider could lead to a similar up rise if the causes are being ignored
Give analysis for “youthful harlots curse”
Harlots is slang for prostitutes or low class women. Blake is corrupting the idea of childbirth with sexual exploitation and hate ‘curse’. The new born infant is born into a broken world.
How does chimney sweepers and appals link?
“CHIMMNEY SWEEPERS CRY”-appals the church because they should be helping the ones in need
“APPALS”-means to go pale in fear but they faces are black because of the soot juxtaposition
Give analysis for “marriage Herse”
Oxymoron which juxtaposes the joy of marriage with the misery of death. Blake is suggesting that society has destroyed all the good things in life.
Give a quote about marriage
“marriage Herse”
What is the structure of the poem?
Written in four stanzas with an regular alternate scheme. The last line in each stanza tends to deliver a powerful statement which sums up the rest of the stanza.Last line has less syllables then the rest of the lines shows weakness by weakening the lines
ABAB rhyming scheme,cyclical structure
How is the poem structured?
The poem is structured so that the reader is touring the city with Blake, taking in the sights and sounds that he sees and hears as he
wanders through the streets.
Summarise each stanza
Stanza 1 focusses on misery, Stanza 2 on peoples refusal to stand tall, Stanza 3 about the way people are sacrificed for the rich and powerful, Stanza 4 how all this poverty is corrupting everything good about family and life.
What does the alternate rhyme scheme suggest?
This may reflect the regular walking pace of the narrator as he walks around London.
