london

Question 1

quotes

Answer 1

“where the chartered Thames does flow”
“the mind-forged manacles I hear”
“in every cry of every man”

Question 2

poet

Answer 2

William Blake

Question 3

themes

Answer 3

abuse of power

plight of the impoverished and vulnerable

Question 4

purpose

Answer 4

to criticize the government of the time and show how no one has any free will
and the church for not helping the poor

Question 5

form

Answer 5

dramatic monologue
ABAB rhyme scheme - unbroken - creating echo effect
regular rhythm reflects footsteps as he walks around
iambic tetrameter, quatrain

Question 6

structure

Answer 6

presents relentless imagery of deprived people
first 2 s -people he sees and hears
third - the institutions responsible
final - how even new-borns are affected

Question 7

rhetoric

Answer 7

Blake uses rhetorical language to persuade his POV
emotive language/imagery reinforce horror
repetition shows how everyone is affected
all shows how society needs to change

Question 8

senses

Answer 8

sight and sounds of the city shows how nothing that is pure or innocent remains.

Question 9

feelings and attitudes

Answer 9

anger-he is vexed at those who have the power to change things
hopelessness- people themselves are to blame as they are in their own mind forged manacles - they are not trying to help themselves

Question 10

church and government

Answer 10

they had crafted the city into their own image and are pulling the citizens strings. church did not use money to help the poor

Question 11

blake

Answer 11

against church/organised religion
part of the “songs of experience” that opposed the ideas of his “songs of innocence” showing society becoming corrupted
believed in social and racial equality