poams london Flashcards
overview
narrator describes a walk around London and comments on the despair and misery that he sees.
Blake was influenced by french revolution and wanted social and political equality
structure
abab rhyme scheme in each stanza
This offers a glimpse of different aspects of the city
“i wander”
quotation that shows a metaphor
“mind forged manacles”
people trapped in life they can not change
quotation that shows hyperbole
“every face”
reinforces the unfairness
quotation that shows aliteration
“Marks of weakness, marks of woe” inevitable of you were born into a poor family you were poor
london quotes
“charted thames does flow”
“i wander”
“black’ning church appalls”
“runs in blood down palace walls”
about blake context
Blake lived in 18th century
lost faith in religion after church refuses to give children food. Industrial revolution taking place
