London Flashcards
1
Q
What is the poem about?
A
Narrator is describing a walk around London & everywhere he goes the people are filled with misery & despair. - no one can escape it
2
Q
How is anger presented in the poem?
A
Emotive language- “every black’ning church” “palace walls” - anger towards people in power as they could change this but don’t
3
Q
What does the poem repeat?
A
“every” - emphasises feeling of bleakness & how the despair affects everyone ands there’s no relief from it & shows how many people are affected
4
Q
What quote represents how the newborn babies innocence is lost instantly by society?
A
“blasts the new-born infants tear”
5
Q
what poem could link to this?
A
the emigrée - both individual experiences, anger, loss
