LONDON

Question 1

Context:

Answer 1

Poet:
Romantic poet Blake

Blake opposed Industrial Revolution and believed in the rights and freedom of individual people
Believed child labour was wrong

Question 2

Form and Structure:

Answer 2

First-person Dramatic Monologue
through his eyes

Quatrain - 4 line stanzas using an abab rhyme scheme

Cyclical structure
the repetitive terrible cycle of misery, poverty, and death.

Question 3

Themes:

Answer 3

Power
Presentation of place
Presentation of people
Political

Question 4

Compare with…:

Answer 4

Exposure -
political poem about injustice

Storm on the Island -
political poem about the terrible conflict in Ireland

Checking out me History -
presentation of speaker

Question 5

“mind forged manacles”

Answer 5

metaphor and alliteration
city’s people are trapped and perhaps to blame.
Imprisoned by their own attitudes.
Powerless need to rise up

Question 6

“blood down palace walls”

Answer 6

French revolution
Ordinary suffer whilst those higher are protected by “palace walls”

Question 7

“Every black’ning church appalls”

Answer 7

The church is corrupt and does not share its wealth with the less fortunate.

Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the appearance of the city - factory smoke

Question 8

“youthful harlot’s curse
Blasts the new-born infant tear”

Answer 8

Adjective - “youthful”
show how young women are trapped in a life of misery.

Plosive - “Blasts”
how babies are affected from birth, no one can escape suffering.

“curse” - STDs?