Poem - London Flashcards

1
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London comes from the anthology called? Which explores?

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Songs of Innocence and Experience which explores prostitution, poverty and child labour

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The line “ marks of weakness, marks of woe” is not iambic pentameter and has only 7 syllables

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Shows weakness of the line

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The main image of London is in the exact middle of the poem to emphasise its importance

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Mind-forg’d manacles

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The verb forged in “mind-forged manacles” suggests that….

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The manacles on the people’s minds are not real

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5
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Irony of chartered Thames

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Attempt to own and control nature

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With this quote, images of the people of London’s being enslaved are invoked in the readers mind

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Mind-forged manacles

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Why did William Blake reject established religion?

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He rejected the Chruch because he felt they spent money on themselves rather than helping the poverty-stricken kids of London

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The French Revolution happened just before London was written. Blake thinks the English will also revolt.

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“Blood down Palace walls”

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Why is chartered bad?

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Public land had recently been privatised and many had profited from this move

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10
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Describe how topic of poem changes, cyclical structure.

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Suffering
Reason for suffering
Suffering

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London is full of negative words. For example, these 6

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“fear” “appals” “blights” “hearse” “plagues” and “woe”

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These 3 words are repeated in the poem and create a sense of urgency

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“Charter’d” “mark” and “every”

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13
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What is the rhyme scheme of the quatrains and why is it so repetitive?

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A B A B. Repetitiveness shows relentless suffering in city

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14
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This word is repeated to suggest sadness and pathos

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“Every”

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15
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Intertextual reference of manacles

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Rousseau “man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”

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16
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Mark is repeated but with different meanings

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Shows frustration of changing London

17
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What sort of structure is the London written in?

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Four quatrains with alternate lines rhyming

18
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Blake thinks it wrong that children are forced to clean churches rather than be fed by the church

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the Chimney-sweeper’s cry / Every blackening church appals

19
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The poem ends with a phrase which suggest future and new life but also death and decay. This suggest that Blake thinks the future will be filled with sorrow

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Marriage hearse

20
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Where was William Blake educated?

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William Blake had no formal education

21
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What are William Blakes poems like?

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All of William Blake’s poems are anti-authoritarian and have strong visual imagery.

22
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These four verbs are forceful and give the poem a violent edge

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“Forged”, “appals”, “blasts” and “blights”