London - Connotations

• What are some connotations of the quote “the mind-forged manacles I hear”?

  • People are held back mentally
  • Everyone feels trapped
  • Everyone is suffering
  • Vivid, hellish experience
• What are some connotations of the quote “blights with plagues the marriage hearse”?

  • All good has been destroyed and turned miserable
  • ’Plague’ - suggests an uncontrollability that will affect all
  • No more innocence
• What are some connotations of the quote “mark in every face I meet / Marks of weakness, marks of woe”?

  • ‘Mark’ - everyday look to fit in
  • Everyone is claimed to be miserable
  • Anguish
• What are some connotations of the quote “the hapless soldier’s sigh / Runs in blood down palace walls”?

  • Soldiers have made sacrifices to protect those in power
  • Ordinary people suffer, people in power stay protected (corruption)
  • Suffering
• What are some connotations of the quote “youthful harlot’s curse”?

  • Youth mixed with prostitution
  • ‘Curse’ - sexual assault
  • Children born into danger
  • Sordid society
• What are some connotations of the quote ”Blasts the new-born infant’s tear”?

  • Babies cry when first born - born into misery
  • Innocence taken away from birth