london

• who wrote london?

  william blake
• what type of poet was william blake?

  romatic - glorified nature
• blake disliked monarchies - he also lost faith in the church due to the lack of help they provided
• the poem is about..?

  the industrial revolution in london
• blake wanted the people in london to do what..?

  wanted them to fight for their rights - like the french revo
• iambic trentameter - order and control of oppression
• cyclical structure - never ending suffering of poor.
• dramatic monologue - first hand experience - real. speaking passion about it (controversial tone)
• 4 quartrains - cycle of poverty. hoe it effects the general public.

  • repetitive nature of poverty
  • rigid + regular - london is the same everywhere you go
  • the breaks in consistent structure could be victorian people trying to break free.