london

• what is london about

  a speakerwalking through london talking about what he sees
• context of london

  • industrial revolution
  • published during 'reign of terror'
• form of london

  dramatic monologue
• structure of london

  cyclical strucutre to focus on people
• language in london

  • juxtaposition
  • moral corruption
• what was the key idea in london

  people were suffering due to the abuse of power
• what does the title london imply

  • sense of place and space
  • different connotations- individual stories
  • powerful city
• 'i wander through each charter'd street'

  'charter'd - owned and controlled by wealthy
• 'marks of weakness, marks of woe'

  • 'marks'- repetition demonstrating they are permanently damaged
• 'in every infants cry of fear'

  • significant- the infants shouldn't have to suffer but they are born into this cycle
  • creates sympathey
• 'mind-fogged manacles'

  internal weakness
• 'marriage hearse'

  • juxtaposed connotations of new beginnings and joy
  • happiness of wedding, greif of hearse