London Flashcards
1
Q
‘Mind forg’d manacles’
A
Minds are restricted and confined. City has robbed people of ability to think.
2
Q
‘Charter’d’
A
Repeated adjective shows rivers, streets and all of society are regulated and controlled. Links with ‘manacles’.
3
Q
‘Blights with plagues the marriage hearse’
A
Blake links images of love with death suggesting future brings only death and decay.
4
Q
Structure
A
Regular – line length, stanzas,rhyme scheme
Matches theme of control and being in ‘manacles’
5
Q
Idea/Perspective/Context (AO3)
A
Poem influenced by Romantics’ critical view of cities and rejection of organised religion or any authority / restrictions.
6
Q
Links
A
The Prelude
The Emigree
Storm on the Island
