London Flashcards
what are the first two lines of the poem?
‘I wander thro’ each charter’d street/ Near where the charter’d Thames does flow,’
what is the last line in the poem?
‘And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.’
what are three quotations relating to the feelings of those around him?’
‘every face../..marks of woe.’
‘In every cry of every Man,’
‘Blasts the new born infant’s tear’
what are three quotations relating to the mistreatment of children?
‘How the chimney-sweeper’s cry’
‘In every Infant’s cry of fear’
‘How the youthful Harlot’s curse’
what structure is the poem in?
iambic tetrameter (footsteps)
abab rhyme scheme
who is the speaker?
William Blake - poet-speaker (persona)
what/why
social commentary on London’s failings, questions morality and inequality of wealth
when?
1700s
where?
London
neon line:
‘The mind-forg’d manacles I hear.’
what are two quotes relating to anti-establishment?
‘Every black’ning CHurch appalls;’
‘And the hapless soldiers sigh/ Runs in blood down Palace walls.’
‘Charter’d’
