War and Conflict

Question 1

Who wrote the poem ‘London’

Answer 1

William Blake

Question 2

Name the three quotes in William Blake’s London poem

Answer 2

In every cry of every man
Charter’d
Plagues the marriage hearse

Question 3

What were living conditions like when Blake wrote the poem ‘London’

Answer 3

Awful

Question 4

Name two key ideas behind Blake’s ‘London’ poem

Answer 4

Inescapable nature of their lives
Death (doom and gloom)

Question 5

When was Blake’s London poem written?

Answer 5

After the French Revolution, life in London became more restrictive.

Question 6

Who wrote ‘Prelude’?

Answer 6

William Wordsworth

Question 7

Name a quote from Wordsworth’s prelude

Answer 7

Small circles glittering idly in the moon

Question 8

Finish the quote from Prelude. ‘When, from behind that craggy steep

Answer 8

Till then the horizon’s bound.

Question 9

Finish the quote from Prelude

Answer 9

…… to my dreams

Question 10

Who wrote The Last Duchess?

Answer 10

Robert Browning

Question 11

What century was The Last Duchess set in?

Answer 11

15th Century

Question 12

Name two themes of The Last Duchess

Answer 12

Power of humans
Pride and control

Question 13

What form is The Last Duchess written in?

Answer 13

It is a monologue

Question 14

Name the character in The Last Duchess

Answer 14

The Duke of Ferrara

Question 15

Give two quotations from The Last Duchess

Answer 15

My last duchess
None puts by the curtain
My gift of a nine-hundred years old name
I choose/never to stoop

Question 16

What were Blake’s social views?

Answer 16

He believed that all people should have equality.

Question 17

What does the narrator describe in Blake’s ‘London’ poem?

Answer 17

He describes a walk he takes around London. Everywhere he goes there is despair.

Question 18

Who has the power in Blake’s ‘London’ poem?

Answer 18

The church, the government, the aristocracy.

Question 19

What are the themes in Blake’s ‘London’ poem?

Answer 19

Human power of a small group over others.
Anger
Individual experience

Question 20

Name two poems that can be linked

Answer 20

London and The Prelude as they are both about experiences of places.

Question 21

What is the effect of ‘every’ being repeated in ‘London’

Answer 21

Every is repeated to demonstrate everyone is effected. No one can escape the misery.