Third Stanza

Question 1

First swntence

Answer 1

Social injustice is highlighted through stanza three as the tone intensifies through the further harsh examples given

Question 2

The stanza begins

Answer 2

Mid- sentence which emphasises the list of hardships are never ending, prompting a bleak view of England in the 18th century

Question 3

The opening sentence is

Answer 3

‘Chimney sweepers cry blackening church appalls’ making the church look noticeably blackened, metaphorically in that the churches reputation was being besmirched by their blatant lack of response to the corruption of society with its subsequent interest in child labour

Question 4

The word ‘appall’ means

Answer 4

A cover laid over a coffin, this influences the reader to think of the church as effectively read whilst burying its traditional principles in order to satisfy capitalist phenomenon

Question 5

Due to such a seemingly

Answer 5

Virtuous and positive place being ‘blackened’ it demonstrates the extent to the corruption of capitalism, and their immense power to corrupt something so pure

Question 6

Blake continues to talk about

Answer 6

The corrupt military, speaking of the ‘hapless soldier’s sigh runs in blood down palace-walls’
- deliberate use of sibilants provides an onomatopoeic hiss which conjures a particularly sinister atmosphere to emphasise the soldiers on going weakness, being forced into battle

Question 7

The image of soldiers blood

Answer 7

Symbolically marking the palace walls shows walls of ultimate power which makes obvious to the whole of society that death and suffering are ever present around them