Writing about the conditions that people
who lived in London faced.
Written in
1794
Was a poet and artist who specilised in
illuminated texts, often a religious nature.
He rejected established religion for various
reasons. One was the falure of the
established church to help children in
London who were forced to work.
He used to live in
London so when he
says 'I' it is refering to
him.
Charter'd Thames
This shows the way in which every aspect of life
in london is owned even the river. Also shows the
symbol of freedom and power of nature.
contrast between power of nature and power of man
the second use of this word can be see as a satirical attack
on the obessesion with property rights and human power
and having control
ironic as the river cannot really be controlled by people
The First paragraph: means ' I walk through the streets of London and every face
that I meet shows signs of weakness and woe'
Second paragraph: means ' every sound I hear in every voice I realise
the people are trapped 9 mentally and physically)
Focus on the people that are suffering.
Poem is full of negative words.
Third Paragraph: 'the distress of the people ruins this
place'
EXplores the causes of the suffering.
Fourth paragrapgh: ' what i hear mostly through the night is
young prostitues swearing' ruins the innocece of newly born
babies. Makes something that should be good bad.
Focus of the people who are suffering.
Structure
Repetetive Rhyme
scheme is A,B,A,B
Repetetive structure , written in
Quatrains which is 4 lines in each
stanza.
Repetetivness of rhyme scheme and
structue represents the repetetive
overwhelming suffering.
Repetition of the words. 'Charter'd'
From relating the last stanza to the first two
it shows repetetivness and a cyclical
structure.
This represents the people and when they just
think its the end they are where they started
again.
Each line contains 8 sylabuls
Except for ' marks of weakness, marks of woe'
it contains 7 sylabuls. The weak sylabul count
shows the weakness of the people in London.
Language
'and mark in every face I meet Marks of
weakness, marks of woe'
repitition of the work
'mark' shows the
importance of it
the changing meaning of the word
mark could represent the writers
fustration at the changing nature of
london
the repitition of the word ,every in stanza 3
'mind forged
manacles'
viewed with horror at the time as they
where used on criminals
metaphorical handcuffs- no freedom
The
Prelude
William
Wordsworth
Troubled relationships with parents and relatives.
Both parents died by the time he reached his early
teens. He embraced nature due to his sever
depression and was an early supporter of the French
Revolution.
He is a romantic poet,
Was written to present Williams past. Explore
nature and wider society and importance.
Autobiographical poem. The Prelude is the first part of an intended three part 'epic
poem'. He never finished the poem. The prelude is almost 400 pages long.
Began writing it in 1798 worked
on it until his death in 1850 the
poem was published 3 years
later by his wife.
he describes the poem as views on man, nature and
society
an epic poem is full of heroic actions
nature personified is
the hero in this poem
treated so badly he
considered
commiting suicide
Language
'(her)' is the personification of nature
poem reflects childlike wordsworth aswell an
adult. Nature took him there.
enjambment. Overpowering erge to
communicate with audience and the
continuation and overflow of the enjambment
is like the one long verse.
contrast as there is lightness such as 'blaz'd' and
'happy time' which is contrasted with the darkness
of the twighlight and gloom of the lake
enjambment as he shows how happy he is with
'happy time' and showing its all about him. the pause
after 'happy time' emphasises his enjoyment
the pause can represent him setting himself apart from
the other children - noticed something that maybe they
havent
supernatural element
- the description of
the power of nature
language is ordinary and everyday
'bellowing' 'tinkled'
'resounding' represent
sounds that show life
and energy, realistic.
imagery
'wheel'd', 'shod', 'hiss'd' 'flew' all represent types of
movement which show that it is really lively nothing is
static - lots of action.
onomatopeia/ silbilance reflects
energy/ enjoyment of scene
Structure
The poem no rhyme scheme.
written in iambic
pentameter(lines of10 syllables
with alternating stressed and
unstressed syllables.
Philosophical poems written in blank verse
written in one long verse. Reader will be left overwhelmed by the lack of pauses and verses.
Reader will also empathise.
reflects how wordsworth was overwhelmed by nature
helps the reader understand the emotions
genre of the poem is Romanticism
'the ice-skating episode'
contrasts the 'boat
stealing episode' as
in the boat stealing
episode he is seen
as afraid of nature
but in the ice
skating episode its
much more gentle
refllection
nature
looks at humans as
animals uses
synoms to compare
the children on the
ice to animals
'horse' 'hare'
humans are
joint with
nature
emotions revealed
through nature
natures own personality
The
Soldier
first stanza
' If i should die' creates
a negative image
'A body of Englands' represents
the soldier belonging to England
and if you kill a soilder you are
killing a part of england
structure
in the first stanza the rhythm is AB AB however
this then changes during stanza two which is
then ABC ABC
This could represent how the war changes people in this case 'the soldier'
second stanza
'All evil shed away'
shows that evil is
overpowered
love and pride is stronger
than evil
Living space
structure
all the stanzas are
different lenghths
To
Autumn
images of growth/richness/weight
'load' 'bend' 'plump' 'fill'.
get a sense of how rich autum is and the
harvest they well have
weight/richness everywhere. From core to explosion of growth
'bees' 'fill' 'apples' 'cottage' 'clammy' the writer
has used words containing double consonants as
it creates a soothing tone
allow the reader to pause on certain words makes the reader
feel comftable get the impression of the beauty of the season
personification-
harmony between
seasons idea of autum conspiring with the sun
cyclical- summer needs the nuts and seeds it
produces
third stanza shows contast between seasons but
shows the beauty in each one
the idea of the river moving and the light wind
represents movement and sleepy, relaxed energy
as if season is coming to a close
second stanza can be represented as the harvisting stanza
personification as autum is often reffered to as a women
idea of hair being soft
asking autum rhetorical questions
idea of being relaxed all the hard work is over
sleepy and drowsy
ABAB CDEDCCE
rhyme pattern
iamic pentameter first four
lines set up theme of
stanza, seven subsequent
lines elaborate