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When was William Blake born?
1757
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When did William Blake die?
1827
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What literary movement is William Blake associated with?
Romanticism
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What do Romantic Poets prioritize over reason and logic?
Emotion
and imagination
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How did Romantic Poets view nature?
As
divine
and a perfect creation
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What did Blake believe about social equality?
He believed in equality for
all
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How did Blake view the church?
As
hypocritical
and corrupt
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From which collection does the poem "London" come?
Songs of Innocence and Experience
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When was the first half of "Songs of Innocence" published?
1789
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What themes does the first half of "Songs of Innocence" deal with?
Beauty
of
nature
and
childhood innocence
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When was the second half of "Songs of Experience" published?
1793
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What themes are present in the second half of "Songs of Experience"?
Corruption of innocence
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What does the speaker in "London" describe?
The
misery
and
poverty
of London
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What institutions does the speaker blame for London's problems?
The
church
and the
monarchy
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Who is the speaker in "London" often interpreted to be?
William Blake
himself
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What is the form of the poem "London"?
It is written in
iambic
tetrameter
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What is the rhyme scheme of "London"?
ABAB
throughout
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What does the strict rhythm in "London" reflect?
Ideas of
constraint
and
restriction
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What does "iambic" refer to in poetry?
A
rhythm
pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables
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How many metric feet are in each line of iambic tetrameter?
Four
metric feet
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What does the word "charted" imply in the poem?
Mapped
out and
restricted
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What does the repetition of "marks" suggest in the poem?
Deep emotional impact on the
speaker
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What do "mind-forged manacles" symbolize?
Self-imposed
restrictions and societal issues
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What does the imagery of the "chimney sweepers cry" represent?
Child labor
and
loss of innocence
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What does the "blackening Church" symbolize?
Corruption
and
pollution
of the church
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What does the phrase "hapless Soldier" imply?
Unfortunate
and
powerless
individual
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What does the blood running down palace walls symbolize?
Innocent suffering due to
power
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What does the "youthful harlot's curse" represent?
Loss of innocence
and
societal decay
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What does the term "marriage hearse" suggest?
Link
between marriage and death
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How does the poem "London" reflect societal corruption?
Through
personal
and
political
levels of suffering
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