WILLIAM BLAKE: London Flashcards
1
Q
‘charted thames does flow’
A
‘charter’ = used for financial gain, placed next to thames nature
2
Q
‘marks of weakness, marks of woe’
A
war like imagery, subtracts feeling of home and safety
3
Q
’ in every’
A
anaphora simplicity contriction of language mimics constriction of people
4
Q
‘mind forged manacles I hear’
A
mental oppression
synaesthetic effect transform the abstract symbol of the ‘mind forged manacles’ to an auditive perceivable object
5
Q
‘blackning church’
A
juxtapostion
6
Q
INFANTS’
A
All occupatuoins are capitalised even ‘infants’ youth has been capitalised
7
Q
‘the youthful harlots’
A
none given name its ‘the’ reduced to their occupation - significane of class
