London Flashcards
1
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London
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By William Blake
2
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Context
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Victorian era
Industrial revolution
3
Q
Structure
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Lots of repetition- cycle of poverty
16line alternate rhyme- structured like London
4
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Themes
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Welfare and living conditions
Power and control
5
Q
Quotes- Death
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“Hapless soldier’s sigh runs in blood down palace walls”
- The soldiers are fighting for our country so were able to build palaces- they die for it.
6
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Quotes- Innocence
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Anaphora of “in every”- paints a bleak picture. Everybody is enslaved by “mind-forged manacles.
“Youthful harlot’s cry”
7
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Quotes- Freedom and confinement
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“I wander […] does flow”- Confinement, they’re are even trying to constrict nature (Thames)
“Mind-forg’d mancles”- societal constraints.
“Chimney sweeper’s cry”
