London Flashcards
What is their about the structure of the poem?
There is a repetitive stanza structure and repeat rhyme scheme?
What does the repetitive stanza structure and repeat rhyme scheme suggest?
Reflect the relentless repeated overwhelming suffering in the city
What is their also repetition of ?
of words?
What does the repetition of words suggest?
Reflects how the life of suffering is repetitive and inescapable, there is no relief from it because it is a result of choices of those in power who are the only people who can do something about it.
In terms of structure what else is their?
Their is a cyclical structure.
What does the cyclical structure suggest?
he is highlighting the inescapable fate of the city
When Blake is walking down London how does he describe how things are run?
‘Chartered streets… Chartered Thames’
What does Blake say about people’s minds?
‘The mind forged manacles i hear’
What does Blake say to blame the church for not doing their job properly?
‘Every blackening church appalls’
What is Blake’s final view of London?
‘Marriage hearse’
