London

Question 1

What are the main themes in London?

Answer 1

• Power -> Higher power
• Inequality
• Progress = Human cost
• Propaganda / Foreboding -> Man’s evil

Question 2

What is the form, rhyme and structure like in London?

Answer 2

• Regular quatrain with constant rhyme scheme (ABAB) -> Reflects continuity of themes
• Tonal shift

Question 3

What are some good quotes from London?

Answer 3

• “Chartered” -> Repetition
• “Marks of weakness, marks of woe” -> Caesura + repetition
• “Every cry of every man” -> Repetition
• “Mind-forged manacles” -> Metaphor + alliteration
• “Sigh…Runs in blood down palace walls” -> Emotive + Metaphor
• “Marriage hearse” -> Oxymoron

Question 4

What effect does “chartered” have?

Answer 4

• Ownership and lack of equality

* Sense of control

Question 5

What effect does “marks of weakness, marks of woe” have?

Answer 5

• Caesura slows pace

* Physical effect of government

Question 6

What effect does “every cry of every man” have?

Answer 6

• Build up of tension through repetition
• Extent of poverty
• Foreboding the extraction of the monarchy

Question 7

What effect does “mind-forged manacles” have?

Answer 7

• Sense of slavery
• Higher power
• Mental effect

Question 8

What effect does “sigh… runs in blood down palace walls” have?

Answer 8

• Symbolism

* Foreboding

Question 9

What effect does “marriage hearse” have?

Answer 9

• Marriage is not seen as re-population, just something leading to death
• Government crushes everything