London

Question 1

Whats the context on Blake

Answer 1

He was a romantic poet-believed nature was awe-inspiring
He was anti-establishment.

2 poetry collections “songs of innocence” and “songs of experience” this belonged to “songs of experience” which grieves the loss of innocence in the face of corruption.

Question 2

“Mind forged manacles

Answer 2

The semantic field of oppression is so deep it has formed “manacles” arounds the individual’s minds,thus they are confined to the misery that the authorities have imprisoned them to.The symbolsim of menacles potrays them to be mtal bands that are wrapped together mimicking how the people in London are inextricably intertwined with misery.

Question 3

“In every infant’s cry of fear”

Answer 3

The anaphora mimics the cyclical torturing that the citizens in London have to go through due to the church.There is mass suffering everywhere even the “infants” aren’t exempt from this.The oxymoron of “infant” juxtaposes how the innocence of youth has been corrupted and stolen as they have already been tainted by this exploitative setting.

Question 4

Whats the form in london

Answer 4

The stanzas are quatrains with a regular ABAB rhyme to emulate the mass oppression and restriction the lower classes were subject to as there is no sense of freedom.

Question 5

What does the iambic tetrameter show

Answer 5

Highlights the motif of oppression that permeates the poem and how there is no freedom to escape this control.

Question 6

What poems can you link London to

Answer 6

Human control/power-ozymandias
Identity-my last duchess
Memories-My last duchess