London

Cards (13)

  • ABAB rhyme scheme, restrictive like the oppression of establishment
  • "marriage hearse," oxymoron, destined to be destroyed. Cyclical suffering of organised religion
  • William Blake was a romantic poet, and against monarchy and organised religion
  • Alternating rhyming couplets, reflective of monotony; unchanging, trapping structure
  • "youthful harlot's curse"
  • "new-born infant's tear"
  • "Every black'ning church appalls"
  • "mind-forged manacles"
  • "chartered street," "chartered Thames does flow,"
  • Written in iambic tetrameter, like his walking rhythm
  • Written in quatrains, rigid and control. No freedom of expression.
  • Simplicity of rhyme scheme and structure allows it to become memorable, as it's a protest poem.
  • "The hapless soldier's sigh
    Runs in blood down palace walls."