London Flashcards
Quote 1: wander each
‘I wander through each chartered street’ - multiple streets, lack of direction , wandering
Quote 2: EVERYYYYYY
“Every” - used throughout second stanza - conveys widespread despair
Quote 3: BAN
“In every ban” - power of the state
Quote 4: MANACKLEESS
‘The mind forged manacles I hear” - mental imprisonment - inescapability
Quote 5: CHIMNEY SWEPS
“Chimney sweepers cry” - connotes to smoke and smog
Quote 6: BLACK CHURCK
“Every black’Ning church appals”- corruption - use of “every” again
Quote 7: BLOOD IN THA PALACE
“Runs in blood down palace walls” - corruption
Quote 8: soulja boy
“Hapless soldiers sigh” - implies complacency - despair- hopeless
Quote 9: midnight sheets
“Through midnight streets” - darkness and danger
Quote 10: harlot birds
“Youthful harlots curse” - harlot - prostitution
Quote 11: crybaby cry
“Infants tear”
Quote 12: Marge Homer
“Marriage hearse” - oxymoron - Pain of living - cycle of life
Meaning:
Criticism of society in London, Challenges institutions such as the church
Context:
Rejected churches teachings , lived in poverty , never got recognition in life
Poet:
William blake
