London - William Blake Flashcards
1
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“chartered street”
A
- mapped
- privatised (Blake was against the institution + anti-establishment
- double entendre
2
Q
“mark in every face I meet / Marks of weakness, marks of woe”
A
- first “mark” = notice
- scars
- marks of sin → mark of Cain
3
Q
“In every… In every… In every”
A
- anaphora
- puts emphasis on the suffering
4
Q
“mind-forged manacles”
A
- internal imprisonment
- internalised rules/restrictions
- symbolic of slavery → Blake opposed slavery
- institutions constrain individual behaviours
5
Q
“black’ning church appalls”
A
- corruption of the institution
- belived that children were more sacred → no original sin →against child labour
6
Q
“chimney-sweeper’s cry”
A
- child labour
- children are more sacred than adults
- they don’t deserve to be forced into manual labour
7
Q
“Runs in blood down palace walls”
A
- dirtying of the monarchy + the institution
8
Q
“Hear”
A
- poem is auditory → “cry”, “hear”, “sigh” etc
- acrostic third stanza
9
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Context
A
- Blake was anti-establishment
- against the monarchy + institutions
- opposed child labour
- children are innately pure → did not believe in original sin
- anti-slavery
- poem explores how state power puts people in a mental state of slavery
