London William Blake Flashcards
1
Q
What’s William Blake trying to get across to the reader in the poem london
A
Critiquing the oppression that people in London endure
2
Q
What does oppression mean
A
Cruel harsh treatment
3
Q
What does woe mean
A
Sadness
4
Q
What’s Blake blaming the oppression on
A
Higher classes, e.g church or government
5
Q
What system does William Blake oppose
A
The class system
6
Q
Who receives the main part of the opression
A
Lower classes
7
Q
4 key quotes
A
How the chimney sweepers cry, every blackning church appals. in every cry of every man, infants cry of fear. I wander through each chartered street, near where the chartered Thames flows. Soldiers sigh run down palace walls.
