London Flashcards
1
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Quotes for London
A
-‘I wonder thro’
-Repetition of ‘Charter’d’
-‘Blights with plagues’
-Repetition of ‘Every’
2
Q
‘I wonder thro’
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The poem is structured as a journey.
3
Q
Repetition of ‘charter’d’
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London is owned by people and robbed of their rights
4
Q
Repetition of every
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-Suggests the enormity of poverty
5
Q
Blights with plagues
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-Everything good is destroyed
-Plagues implies decay
6
Q
Structure in London
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-Blake uses a lot of repetition which could imply the cycle of poverty, no escape for lower social classes.
-As poem progresses speaker becomes angry about institutions not supporting poor people.
