London - William Blake

• French Revolution caused French lower class to rise up against aristocracy
• Blake lost faith in religion due to its refusal to help children in poor conditions
• Blake lived in London 18th century during Industrial Revolution
• London is a dramatic monologue and a political diatribe
• Regular ABAB rhyme scheme represents repetitiveness and pace of speakers footsteps as it’s written in iambic pentameter
• Quatrains represent power and control
• Calls out monarchy and church as an oligarchy