London

London

Link to conflict
1. There is conflict caused by the greatest city in the world having great poverty and oppression
2. Conflict between capitalism and those in need.
Link to power
1. The abuse of power (monarchy) in Victorian England and the lack of power amongst the poor in society as they are powerless.
Key quotes
1. "Where the charted Thames does flow"
  1. "Charted" the river is controlled, Nature controlled bay man.
2. "The mind-forged manacles I hear"
  1. The people are physically held back
3. "Every black'ning church appals"
4. "The hapless soldiers sigh runs in blood down palace walls"
  1. Draws on the link to war at this time. It signifies their sacrifice to protect power of those who live in the palaces. - symbolic metaphor
5. "In every cry of every man/ in every infant's cry"
  1. Repetition of "every" used to show scale suffering
Structure
1. The regular rhyme scheme could suggest that the people in London had accepted this society as normal.
  1. No body was powerful enough to make a change.
Context
1. Set during poverty of the industral revolution
2. The poet is supporting the quest for liberty and freedom of all- yet so many are trapped in the cycle of poverty
3. Written by William Blake

Resource summary

	Created by sophie wallis over 6 years ago