London

Question 1

What rhyme is used?

Answer 1

The writer uses Tthe rhyming scheme ABAB to help the poem flow - it also seems complete

Question 2

How dos the poet uses alliteration and metaphors?

Answer 2

He uses alliterations like “mind-forged manacles” to emphasise the metaphor that the people are enslaved by their own inability to act

Question 3

How does the poet use oxymorons?

Answer 3

The poet uses oxymoron is phrases like the “marriage hearse” to show that even happy events can lead to dark misery

Question 4

Which line is repeated to show that no-one escapes, from adults to infants

Answer 4

In every cry of every man,
In every infant’s cry of fear
In every voice, in every ban

Question 5

Context:

Answer 5

William Blake - 1757 -1827

Blake was both a poet and an artist
Blake lived in London, and saw around him the poverty and social problems bless caused by the Industrial Revolution
He thought urbanisation did more harm than good

French Revolution (1789 -1799)
He was initially a supporter but as he witnessed the bloodshed and violence across the channel