London

Question 1

I wander through each chartered street,

Answer 1

Near where the chartered Thames does lie

Question 2

Marks of weakness,

Answer 2

marks of woe

Question 3

In every

Answer 3

infant’s cry of fear

Question 4

The mind-forged

Answer 4

manacles

Question 5

The youthful harlot’s curse

Answer 5

blasts the new-born infant’s tear

Question 6

Every black’ning

Answer 6

church appals

Question 7

The hapless soldier’s sigh

Answer 7

runs in blood down palace walls

Question 8

Plagues

Answer 8

the marriage hearse

Question 9

What context links to the ‘palace’ and the ‘church’?

Answer 9

Pantheism and opposition of tyranny and absolute power - anti-authoritarian.

Question 10

What context emphasises the significance of the ‘youthful harlot’ and the ‘new-born infant’?

Answer 10

The divination of youth by romantic poets, demonstrating beliefs that they had a heightened spiritual connection, as well as being innocent and pure.

Question 11

How does the use of the words ‘blast’ and ‘new-born infant’ have a powerful effect on the reader?

Answer 11

They are juxtaposed, with the violence of the verb ‘blasts’ mismatching the delicacy of the infant