London Quotes

Question 1

And mark in … … … … / … of weakness, … of …

Answer 1

every face I meet marks marks woe

Question 2

The …-… … I hear

Answer 2

mind-forged manacles

Question 3

Which premodifying adjective does Blake use to allude to the contemporary privatisation of land?

Answer 3

chartered

Question 4

Which word does Blake use first as a verb and then as a noun to change it’s meaning?

Give both forms in chronological order

Answer 4

Mark and marks

Question 5

Give a phrase Blake uses to satirically attack the delusion the powerful hold that nature could be controlled

Answer 5

chartered Thames

Question 6

Give stanza 1’s 7 syllable line

Answer 6

Marks of weakness, marks of woe

Question 7

Give an example of anaphora Blake uses in stanza 2 to demonstrate the overwhelming extent of suffering

Answer 7

In every

Question 8

Which noun does Blake evoke an image of prisoners?

Answer 8

manacles

Question 9

Give the oxymoron Blake uses to illustrate institutions shrouded in hypocrisy

Answer 9

black’ning church

Question 10

Recall the line which references the French revolution

Answer 10

Runs in blood down palace walls

Question 11

Give the oxymoron Blake ends the poem with

Answer 11

marriage hearse

Question 12

Give the alliterative phrase which reveals a disconcerting self-deprication, the limitations of human imagination and possibly the manipulative and perpetually restrictive nature of suffering

Answer 12

Mind-forged manacles