London Flashcards

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London

M O W M O W

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Marks of weakness marks of woe

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London

M F M

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Mind-forged manacles

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London

I W T E C S, N W T C T D F

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I wonder through each chartered street, near where the chartered Thames does flow

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London

T H S S R I B D P W

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The hapless soldiers sigh / runs in blood down palace walls

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5
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Who wrote London?

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william blake - a revolutionary

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when was london written?

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1794

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who was Blake angry with when writing London?

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Politicians, church and the wealthy

as they were not helping others that needed it

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What events were Blake inspired by?

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  • French revolution (killed royal family)

- USA declaration of independence

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What was Blakes message?

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Be believed that ordinary people should rise up against the people of power and gain more freedoms

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What was happening at the time in britain?

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Booming industrialisation

- powerful were attempting to restrain and exploit nature and children for their own private gain.

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What are the key ideas about power and conflict in London?

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  • people in power limit freedoms and even nature
    “chartered streets”“chartered Thames”
  • restrict our hopes and dreams
    “blights with plague the marriage hearse”
    “mind-forged manacles”
  • people should claim their freedom through violent revolution
    “the hapless soldiers sigh/ runs in blood down palace walls”
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London

B W P T M H

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Blights with plague the marriage hearse

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London

I E C O E M I E I C O F

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In every cry of every man in every infants cry of fear

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London

T Y H C // B T N B T, A B W P T M H

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The youthful harlots curse // blasts the new born tear, and blights with plague the marriage hearse

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