London

Question 1

“The mind forged manacles “

Answer 1

freedom of thoughts taken away. government have control of people’s minds
metaphor for industrial revolution

Question 2

“cherter’d Thames does flow”

Answer 2

idea of ownership juxtaposes “flow” which implies freedom. human power tries to control nature
power takes freedom

Question 3

“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”

Answer 3

repetition Injuries, sadness,

consequences of power

Question 4

every

Answer 4

anaphora, focus becomes particular, feels like a chant, people’s protest everything remind him of sadness and misery
power leads to suffering

Question 5

every blacking Church appalls

Answer 5

blake balmes the Churche for not helping

industrial revolution is polluting the air

Question 6

marriage hearse

Answer 6

oxymoron which implies no future as marriages are destroyed and babies are cursed due to these broken marriages

consequences of power

Question 7

“harlots curse””

Answer 7

Blake shows popularity and consequences of “harlots” that pass diseases on, it seems that there is no future as the babies represent future

consequences of power

Question 8

form

Answer 8

unchanging like a machine, quatrains iambic tetrameter that evokes footsteps

Question 9

rhyme scheme

Answer 9

ABAB very strong implies the government’s control over people in the city

Question 10

what is blake doing in last stanza

Answer 10

giving a very dark prophecy of end