London

Question 1

When?

Answer 1

1794

Question 2

Who?

Answer 2

William Blake

Question 3

Theme?

Answer 3

Romantic/Corruption/Repression

Question 4

Context?

Answer 4

Romantic Poet, Drawing Teacher, Didn’t like Organised Religion

Question 5

Structure?

Answer 5

Regular Form, ABAB Rhyme, Iambic Pentameter - Changes Through Poem

Question 6

‘I wander thro’ each charter’d street’

Answer 6

‘I’ - Genderless

‘Wander’ - Languid Verb, sense of rural, directionless?

Question 7

‘London’

Answer 7

Range of Connotations, Slums?, Sense of Sublime

Question 8

‘In every cry of every Man, In every Infant’s cry of fear, In every voice, In every ban’

Answer 8

‘In Every’ - Repetition creates Anaphora, No one is spared

‘Every Ban’ - Restriction, Oppression

Question 9

‘The mind-forg’d manacles I hear’

Answer 9

‘Manacles’ - Chained mind, Trapped, Tend to see not hear, Modern Conditions - Dangerous and Corrupt, Concern

Question 10

‘Every black’ning Church appalls’

Answer 10

‘Black’ning Church’ - Sinister Description, Stereotypical of chimney sweeps and church dwellers

Question 11

‘Marriage Hearse’

Answer 11

‘Marriage’ - Oxymoronic Juxtaposition, Death of Poor, Poor are destined for death - pointless entities, Against Marriage