London

Question 1

Poet

Answer 1

William Blake (1757-1827)

Question 2

Structure of poem

Answer 2

Format= ballad
Ballad- usually put to music- need strong rhythm.
Subverted- there’s a bounce to the rhythm but the content is dark.
Tightly structured, regular rhythm, 4 lines per stanza.
Regularity of oppressed London.

Question 3

Point that poet is trying to convey

Answer 3

‘London’ is a critique of society- saying there’s so much wrong with London. Every stanza is like an image/ screenshot/ episode sees something different in each.

Question 4

Repetition of ch_____

Answer 4

I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered Thames does flow
Repetition of chartered (owned)
Stanza 1
Imagery

Question 5

Repetition of m___

Answer 5

Repetition of mark/ marks
And mark (verb) in every face I meet
marks of weakness, marks (noun) of woe
‘Mark’ has different meanings

Question 6

Marks of ________, Marks of ___

Answer 6

Marks of weakness, Marks of woe (noun)
Emphasises sadness and criticism, anguish, suffering
Consonance- repetition of consonant sounds in the same line.(w)

Question 7

Mind- forged ________ I hear

Answer 7

Mind- forged manacles I hear
Manacles (noun) - handcuffs
Controlling, brain is handcuffed/ trapped

Question 8

First word of each line on stanza 3 spells ____

Answer 8

Hear

Question 9

Black’ning _____

Answer 9

Black’ning church
Opposites
Church being criticised, not doing anything to help

Question 10

____ in _____ down ______ walls.

Answer 10

Runs in blood down palace walls
References French Revolution- killed royal family, royalty scared it’d happen to them.
Imagery

Question 11

But most through midnight streets I hear
How the _______ _______ curse
Blasts the ___- ____infants tear
And blights with ______ the ________ ______.

Answer 11

How the youthful harlot’s (young prostitute) curse - symbolises the prostitutes pathetic life decisions.
Blasts the new- born infants tear (suffering)

And blights with plagues the marriage hearse (opposites) (symbol of death)

Question 12

In _____ ___ of every man,
In ____ infant’s cry of fear,
In ____ voice, in ____ ban

Answer 12

Every
Assonance used- repetition of vowel sounds in the same line: ‘in every voice, in every ban’ (e)
Anaphora used

Question 13

Chimney- sweeper’s ___

Answer 13

Chimney sweeper’s cry

Chimney sweeper is the symbol of death, darkness and destruction.