London Flashcards
(22 cards)
Anaphora of this phrase reflects confinement
charter’d
what things are “charter’d”
street
Thames does flow
people are disheartened
marks of weakness, marks of woe
opening showing that the poem is a journey
I wander
Anaphora of this phrase demonstrates how widespread these factors are
In every
capitalisation shows that “Man” means all men
cry of every Man
All children are scared
Infant’s cry of fear
industrial connotations of how people are confined in their mind, repressed
mind-forg’d manacles
industrial and religious imagery. Both the physical buildings are becoming blackened but also the establishment is becoming darker
black’ning Church
this perhaps links to the French Revolution
blood down Palace walls
under the cover of darkness, a journey of darkness happens (dodgy stuff)
thro’ midnight streets
prostitutes both literally cursing due to their bad situation but also they have a curse on them perhaps?
youthful Harlot’s curse
the cursing shows the injustice served to the prostitutes and (their) children
Blasts the new born Infant’s ear
perhaps this is suggestive of STDs
blights with plagues
this is extreme juxtaposition of new life and death
Marriage hearse.
what does the form represent
its 4x4 stanzas reflect the confinement of London
what era of poet was Blake
romantic
what things was he against that he tried to convey in this poem
Child labour, sexism and general inequality
why was the poem written
to show people that there was a darker side to London, supposedly the greatest city in the world at the time
what anthology was this poem from
Songs of innocence and experience, most poems had their counterparts but not this one as it was to show there was only darkness in London. Or perhaps this poem shows both
what form of writing is this which expresses an attack or critic view on something
Polemic
what is Blakes problem with science
he believes it is taking over everything and things are losing their natural or organic nature
