London Flashcards
1
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Context
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- Industrial Revolution
- children working
- prostitution and syphilis
2
Q
First line of poem shows aimlessness — powerless? And mapped out which introduces idea of restriction
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“I wander thro each charterd street”
3
Q
Imagine of river juxtaposition to the charterd streets shows something is wrong
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“Thames does flow”
4
Q
Quote that’s had double meaning of curse/ rule against. Shows duality of London
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In every ban
5
Q
Two quotes abt sounds in the poem one abt child labor
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“Chimney sweepers cry”
“Hapless soldiers sigh”
6
Q
Description of of church shows pollution and literal sense of impure evil
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“Every blackening church appalls”
7
Q
Structure of the poem
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Waking through London to create a sense of the place
8
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Author
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William Blake
