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London - William Blake
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Mind map of poem London by William Blake
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william blake
london
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english literature
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London - William Blake
Vocabulary
Chartered - plotted or mapped, unemotional scientific process
Woe - sadness
Manacles - leg irons
Appalls - rejections, Church is not helping people
Hapless - abandoned
Harlot - prostitute
Blights - overshadows
Poetic techniques
ABAB rhyme scheme - regular pattern, suggests link between 2 disjointed sections of soeciety
Metaphor
Regular rhythm - 8 beats, a measured view, not ranting, only facts
Repetition
Oxymoron - marriage hearse
Poet and Background
Blake had lost his religion as the Church would not help suffering children - inequality
Frequent themes - poverty & homelessness
French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Blake was horrified at what was happening to 'his' London
Conflict - Industrial Revolution, there is power and status but underneath there is poverty and despair
Ideas and Imagery
On the surface London is pleasant. calm etc
Every man etc. - they all have a terrible life
Mind-forged manacles - freedom of thought taken away, no opinions
Ban - imposed by those in power, restricting the poor
Black'ning Church - the Church is pure, not helping people
Harlot's curse - symbolic of her life she is cursed, not choice but to suffer
Blood down palace walls - a stain on the institution, reference the French Revolution
Marriage hearse - prostitutes passed on STIs which 'plagued' (ruined) marriage
People in the city are not benefiting from the Industrial Revolution
London is built on child labour and the poverty of workers
Chimney sweep - represents child labour
Is this a vision of London today?
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