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London, Comparisons - Coggle Diagram
London
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supporting quotes
"chimney sweeper's cry ... black'ning church" --> colour imagery is associated with ideas of corruption ( the church are supposed to help the poor yet they take advantage) and even death
helps to highlight the pollution generated by increasing industrialisation but also symbolises the hypocrisy which stains the reputation of the church
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"Chartered streets...chartered Thames..." --> trapped imagery, everything is listed and regulated --> repetition of "chartered" highlights the extent of government authority: they even have control over rivers which are usually associated with nature and freedom
"marks of weakness, marks of woe" --> emotive language expresses not only the extent of the suffering but also Blake's anger at the institutions that fail to help
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"In every cry of every Man/ In every Infant's cry of fear" --> emotive language expresses not only the extent of the suffering but also Blake's anger at the institutions that fail to help --> repetition of "every" (anaphora) throughout emphasises that the problem is widespread
"youthful harlot's curse" --> shows how young women are exploited and suggests the transmission of STDs, again presenting London to be a place which torments its inhabitants
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techniques
emotive language --> expresses both the extent of the suffering and Blake's anger at the institutions that fail to help --> "weakness", "woe", "in every infant's cry of fear", "blasts the newborn infant's tear"
sensory language --> used to bring the horror of London at this time alive --> "cry of fear" or "marks of weakness, marks of woe"
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Killer Quotes
"mind-forged manacles"
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"manacles" --> the poor feel imprisoned and are too hopeless to fight so succumb to their role in society, it has been drilled into them, they have become prisoners of their own mind
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key concepts
impact of industrialisation --> reference to chimney sweepers (young children) reminds readers of the price people paid for urbanisation due to Industrial Revolution
being trapped --> inhabitants of London are trapped in the suffering --> consistently reinforced by Blake using a semantic field of entrapment and imprisonment --> suggests that the poor can't escape their circumstances
church & monarchy --> quite critical of powerful institutions have a supposed duty to the people of London they contribute to their oppression rather than relieving it --> critical of institutions for spending money on buildings and luxuries when there is so much suffering and poverty on their doorstep
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Structure and form
dramatic monologue --> reader gets a strong sense of the speaker's personal anger and frustration about the pain he sees around him
enjambment makes the liens seamlessly flow helps to blur the sound into colour to achieve chromesthesic quality
Comparisons
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Unpleasant and/or powerful experiences: The Prelude, Exposure, Bayonet Charge, Remains