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:cityscape: London :cityscape:
William Blake (poet)
lived in london most of his life- thought it was corrupted with greed and inequality
Anti- monarchy- interested in the French Revolution
against organised religion like the Church of England
Christian but did not believe you had to go to church
believed in gender equality- taught his wife to read and write
Poems to compare
Tissue
Similarities
Human power is oppressive and restrictive- London says "mind forged manacles" and Tissue says "borderlines"
Both poets are critical of material wealth and power- London the streets are described as 'Chartered' and in Tissue money 'flies our lives like paper kites'
Differences
In London Blake simply observes the change and corruption, shown by the cyclical structure of starting with 'Marks of weakness' and ending with 'Blights with plague', whereas in Tissue Dharker aims to change the corruption by suggesting that paper is 'what could alter things'
The Emigrée
Similarities
Both show the power of place and its ability to influence people- London 'Mind forged manacles', TE, 'sick with tyrants'
Both poems explore the suffering of people living where they do- London, 'youthful harlots curse', TE, 'a lie, banned by the state'
Differences
In London he can see the changes happening but in TE she can only imagine- London, 'I wander through each chartered street', TE, 'There once was a country...'
Structure/ Form
written in quatrains (four lines per stanza)- shows the repetitive and regimented lifestyle at that time
ABAB rhyme scheme- fast pace, like he is listing everything that is wrong with London
Key quotes
"chartered"
they are being owned and controlled
links to Ozy where they are also being ruled and dictated over
repetition of the word chartered could suggest london is monotonous but he knows the streets he is waling well
"mind forged manacles"
internalised oppression and weakness
Links to the slavery used at the time
'manacles' suggest they feel imprisoned by the upper classes
'youthful harlots curse'
prostitution was the most popular job for women at this time
shows that women had to give up their bodies because it was the only thing they had left- illustrates how corrupt the system was
loss of integrity, dispiar, her age no longer matters
Key themes/ ideas
Oppression
people are afraid to speak up in fear
oppression of nature due to the industrialisation
Suffering
suffering in silence
lack of freedom