London

Question 1

Who wrote London?

Answer 1

William Blake

Question 2

When was William Blake born?

Answer 2

1757

Question 3

Where did Blake live for most of his life?

Answer 3

London

Question 4

Why could it be argue that Blake is the eye in the poem?

Answer 4

He lived in London for most of his life

Question 5

Despite being Christian, what did Blake dislike?

Answer 5

Organised religion

Question 6

What did Blake dislike strongly about power?

Answer 6

The misuse of power

Question 7

When was London published?

Answer 7

1794

Question 8

What cluster of poetry does London come from?

Answer 8

Songs of experience

Question 9

What does songs of experience focus on?

Answer 9

-A critique of human power, exposing the distance between those in power and those suffering

Question 10

What was the main cause of the increase in population in London?

Answer 10

The Industrial Revolution

Question 11

What did Blake dislike that came about in 1760?

Answer 11

The industrial revolution

Question 12

What was being ruined by the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 12

Nature

Question 13

What were some of the horrific features of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 13

• Child labour

- London becoming smoke ridden

Question 14

What is the rhyme scheme?

Answer 14

ABAB

Question 15

What structure are the paragraphs written in?

Answer 15

Quatrains

Question 16

What does the rhyme scheme and the quatrains create the image of?

Answer 16

A repetitive, cyclical structure

Question 17

Why is the poem a cyclical structure?

Answer 17

The topic focused on in the start is the same as the topic focused on at the end.

Question 18

What does the cyclical structure suggest?

Answer 18

Suffering is relentless and inescapable-just as you reach the end you are right back where you start, reflecting the suffering of those in London

Question 19

Despite the controlled, repetitive structure, what does the enjambment suggest?

Answer 19

The inner chaos during Victorian Britain was hidden.

Question 20

What does the adjective “charter’d” mean?

Answer 20

A document issued by government officials stating who owned what.

Question 21

What does the “charter’d Thames” suggest?

Answer 21

Those in power have gone so far to try and control something as uncontrollable as a river, suggesting the heavy misuse of power.

Question 22

What does the repetition of “in every” suggest?

Answer 22

That the suffering is cumulative.

Question 23

What does the “mind-forged manacles” mean?

Answer 23

The manacles are kid of like handcuffs. This suggests that those in power are trying to cuff their minds, suggesting that they are attempting to control those inferior to them.

Question 24

What does “every black’ning church” suggest literally?

Answer 24

The churches are becoming black as a result of the smoke from the industrial revolution.

Question 25

What does “every black’ning church” suggest metaphorically?

Answer 25

-A criticism through color imagery. “Black” can be interpreted as evil, suggesting that the church is enforcing pain on those suffering.

Question 26

What happened during the French revolution?

Answer 26

Those in the working class over through those in power

Question 27

What does “runs in blood down palace walls” suggest?

Answer 27

The monarchy are not doing their job.

Question 28

What does the noun “walls” suggest?

Answer 28

Those in power are protected