Poetry Flashcards
What poet wrote ‘London’
William Blake
What poem did William Blake write?
London
What theme does London have?
Biblical tones and imagery
Romantic(distribution of nature)
Hates poverty, war and child labour
What is the form and structure of London?
The poem is presented in a very regular form, like a song,
.Each stanza has a clear ABAB rhyme scheme.
It begins in iambic tetrameter but certain lines fall out of this pattern.
Life of William Blake
early romantic poet
he was judged as mad
wrote London
What are some quotes from the first stanza in London?
“I wander thou each charter’d street”
“Near where the charter’d Thames does flow”
What are some quotes from the second stanza in London?
“In every cry of every man”
“In every Infant’s cry of fear
“In every voice, in every ban”
What are some quotes from the third stanza in London?
“Every black’ning Church appalls;”
“And the hapless soldier’s sigh”
“runs in blood down the palace walls”
What are some quotes from the last stanza in London?
“How the youthful Harlot’s curse”
“Blasts the new born Infants’s tear”
What historical context does London have?
The poem can be considered a critique of the corruption caused by the Industrial revolution
The poem can be considered to
What poem did Rupert Brooke write?
The Soldier
Who wrote ‘The Soldier’
Rupert Brooke
What themes does ‘The Soldier’ have?
Rupert Brooke had an idealistic pre-war attitude in 1914
He glorifies England during WW1
He represents the ideals that led many men to enlist in the war early on
What is the form and structure of ‘The Soldier’?
A sonnet
Brooke talks about how his grave will be England herself
What was the life of Rupert Brooke?
Brooke was a soldier briefly but he died from septicaemia from an insect bite on the to war
