London

Question 1

C S…. C T

Answer 1

Charter’d street…. Charter’d Thames
Charter’d means mapped out, owned by poweful and controlled.

Question 2

M-F M

Answer 2

Mind-forg’d manacles
Manacles is chain- trapped in poverty and even thoughts are powerless
Given up and let themself trap, like French Revolution.

Question 3

B W P T M H

Answer 3

Blights with plagues the marriage hearse
Language of disease- poverty is uncontrollable and destructive
Hearse is funeral coffin- oxymoron: poor aren’t happy and born into suffering

Question 4

3 context

Answer 4

-romantic poet: anti establishment, anti monarchy, against oppression
-Blake advocates for revolution following the French Revolution
-critical of corruption of 18th century London and the church

Question 5

Big ideas

Answer 5

-power can be abused and cause suffering, it is temporary and linked to wealth
-the people who live in certain places vary
-suffering is caused by other people

Question 6

Form

Answer 6

ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken to show misery.
Dramatic monolgue (he spk) to show his passion
Rhyme scheme- sound of feet while he walks down London

Question 7

Structure

Answer 7

Stanza 1 is what he sees and hearts
Shifts in 3 as he talks ab things responsible for misery
Final stanza shows even babies and everyone suffers

Question 8

Link to

Answer 8

Living space, place, suffering, negative feeling, power