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London (Context (Blake is anti-government and pro-Revolution., Blake…
London
Context
Blake is anti-government and pro-Revolution.
Blake disliked London and how "Charter'd" it was
He looks for negativity in everyone and hates how everyone is affected- young & old
Blake was a Romantic poet
He would have constantly been in fear of arrest
Blake also was criticizing industrialised Britain
Blake is also criticizing the church and the monarchy
Key Quotes
Suffering
"new born Infant's tear"
"youthful Harlot's curse"
"every cry of every man"
"woe"
"Marriage Hearse"
"Runs in blood"
"manacles"
Negativity
"weakness", "Woe"
"every cry"
"appalls"
"marriage hearse"
"curse", "tear"
"youthful Harlot"
Power
"Every black'ning church appalls"
"Runs in blood down Palace walls"
"charter'd Thames"
"mind-forg'd manacles"
"every"
"blights with plagues"
"hapless Soldier"
Time
"black'ning"
"youthful"
"Infant"
"marriage Hearse"
"Chimney-Sweep's cry"
Sense of place
"charter'd street"
"Charter'd Thames"
"runs in blood down palace walls"
"black'ning Church"
Key Themes
Negativity
Sense of place
Suffering
Time
Power
Links to;
'A Wife in London'
Individual views of the city
To Autumn
Contrast in imagery
Ozymandias
Power
Mametz wood
Decay over time to people