London

Question 1

‘Weakness’ ‘woe’ ‘marks’

Answer 1

, Alliteration, emphasises everyone is suffering
permanent, cant remove the suffering they have experienced like branded cattle.

Question 2

Repetition of ‘everyone’ and ‘chartered’

Answer 2

No one is safe, everyone if effected
everywhere is owned, controlled by wealthy

Question 3

‘Infants’

Answer 3

Innocent and vulnerability

Question 4

‘Mind-forged manacles’

Answer 4

Made from metal, everyone is under restraint

Question 5

‘Hapless soldiers sigh’

Answer 5

No ability to look after yourself, no power over own life

Question 6

‘Blights and plagues the marriage hearse’

Answer 6

Disease ruined
How coffin is transported
marriage was like death for women, all rights lost

Question 7

What London structure?

Answer 7

Cyclical- suffering is never ending, links to French Revolution
Iambic tetrameter- shows order and control, consistent rhyme= relentless oppression

Question 8

‘black’ning church’

Answer 8

literal- soot and smoke produced by industries
immoral and evil so ‘black’ juxtaposes with the devil and the church, criticism of organised religion

Question 9

how can you compare London to checking out me history?

Answer 9

both talk about oppression, but in London oppression comes from within and in checking out my history it comes from the outside

Question 10

How can you compare London to the Emigree?

Answer 10

both explore places that cause suffering
Place is a fantasy in the Emigree and London is a real place with symbolic meaning