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London - William Blake - Coggle Diagram
London - William Blake
Key Quotes
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'In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban.
Repetition emphasises feeling of bleakness and despair that is affective everyone, there is not relief.
People are trapped in every way, even by thoughts and attitudes. Trapped by upper classes.
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' I wander through each chartered street,'
1st person narrative, makes the poem more personal and real
Sounds powerless, could reflect how Blake feels powerless to change what's happening around him.
No purpose, no destination.
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Other
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Similar length lines, exemplifies how strict and regimented London is and how they are stuck in a cycle and everyone is being looked at the same.
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William Blake may have written the poem to teach upper classes of the horror that is happening beneath their feet
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Comparisons
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Tissue
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Power:"Blackened church" - London (Negative connotations of 'blackened' - immoral, evil --> moral blackening of the church, criticism of organised religion, failure to protect poorer members of society) links to "credit card might fly our lives like paper kites" - Tissue (metaphor criticises the significance humanity places on money)
cry for change"let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths" - Tissue (demonstrates the overwhelming power of daylight - something people can't control) links to "mind-forged manacles" - London (internal oppression and weakness also a culmination of the suffering experienced in the preceding lines)
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