Context

• Author of "Peckham Rye Lane"


  Amy Blakemore
• "Peckham Rye Lane"


  • A notorious part of London.
  • Focuses on the positive aspects of it.
  • Shows all the different cultures found there and the diversity.
• Amy Blakemore


  • Born in London.
  • Writes about somewhere she knows well and is familiar to her, although it is one of the most dangerous places in London.
  • Contrasts to William Blake's poem about London which focuses on the negative aspects, as she focuses on the beauty and diversity that can be found there.
• "Peckham Rye Lane" - Form


  Free verse - mimics the starting and stopping of the bus in the crowded street.