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Explore William Blake's critical examination of poverty and corruption in 'London'. This detailed analysis highlights key themes such as juxtaposition, societal oppression, and the impact of the Industrial Revolution. Ideal for GCSE English Literature students, this resource delves into the poem's structure, imagery, and historical context, providing insights into Blake's perspective on the stark contrasts between wealth and suffering in 18th-century London.

Blake's London Analysis

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Synopsis :
walking through streets of London observing its corruption /dirt GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE
- sees signs of sadness I suffering in everyone
signs of child labour, church's corruption
PAST AND PRESENT: POETRY ANTHOLOGY
huge sense of
place and space
London-
powerful J
City
1
5
William
Blake
(1757-1827)
was very spiritual
its a very dark, critical poem
effectively owned and controlled
by the wealthy
In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear,-
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear:
I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered Thames does flow,
issues:
And mark in every face I meet power, cannot be removed,
permenant impact of places. prostetution
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.
suffering is permenant
poverty
How the chimney-sweeper's cry
10 Every black'ning church appalls,
critical in his opinions of the
authoroties that allowed. London
to become such a dangerous place
full of poverty
And the hapless soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls.
breaks from the lambic pentameter. •the industrial revolution
•used in most of the poem, could reflect. french revolution started
can free themselves from societal
how if people rise I change, they
restraint
insi incites Sympathy in.
the reader
lots of uses of juxtaposition, two words
with opposing meanings, used to create
a contrasting effect
But most through midnight streets
How the youthful harlot's curse
15 Blasts the new-born infant's tear,
two sides-rich and poor
1
living in
poverty
internal oppression and
weakness, also a climax of
the suffering experiences in the
previous 2 stanzas
I hear
J
the rich
own their own
land
reference to the soot and smoke produced by industrial factories
could connote immortality and evil derived from 'blackening'.
mortal blackening of the church he's referring to - can be percieved as
critisism of organised religion
children are born innocent and shouldn't
be forced to suffer this way, pessimistically
"how every life is destined for misery from the
moment theyre born
And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.
connotes dismayl horror, reflects lack of action from the church, which
Should help / support the poor, but instead focuses more on its own wealth
Juxtapososes the purity and love expected of the religious institution
prasa Juxtaposes connotations of new beginnings,
happiness and joy, contrasts this with the end of life

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