https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek Made with magic en-us 2020-06-05 12:44:36 UTC 2025-12-23 06:56:17 UTC hello@padlet.com 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612910634 2020-06-05 12:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612910634 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612915267 -William Blake was one of the early Romantic poets (1757-1827.
-He was highly religious,but he saw the church as hypoctitical and corrupt institution.
-'LONDON' comes from Blakes collection 'songs of innocence and experience'
-The French revolution was inspirational- a model of how ordinary disadvantaged people could seize power.]]> 2020-06-05 13:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612915267 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612934413 Rhythm is IAMBIC TETRAMETER-four iambs per line. This sounds 'natural' like a heartbeat. Blake sometimes breaks the rhythm and sometimes misses a syllable (e.g. line 4)- this sounds 'unnatural' like an unfinished heartbeat, which adds to the readers sense of discomfort.]]> 2020-06-05 13:12:45 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612934413 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612954861 The poem describes a walk through London it reflects Blake's unhappiness and dissatisfaction with his life in London during the 18th century/industrial revolution, a time of extreme wealth and poverty. Poor peoplw were trapped: child labour, prostitution, unwanted pregnancy and diseases where everywhere.]]> 2020-06-05 13:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612954861 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612967534 a,b,a,b with perfect rhymes throughout. The structure is tightly controlled like everything in London.]]> 2020-06-05 13:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612967534 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612979039 In stanza 2 ("in every...") this highlights the extent of misery. Nobody poor escapes the "mind-forg'd manacles" manacles are like handcuffs: london is a prison for the poor people.]]> 2020-06-05 13:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612979039 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612995715 "mind-forg'd" or imaginary.Whose mind created them? was it society's institutions and traditions? The leaders of the church? Did the poor create their own "manacles"?]]> 2020-06-05 13:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/612995715 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/613009109 Imagery comes in the form of sounds: "cry", "voice", "sigh","curse". The people are ignored by rulers and the church.]]> 2020-06-05 13:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/613009109 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/613032657 This is an oxymoron- it shows Blake's attitudes towards marriage, he felt like it was another form of religios control.]]> 2020-06-05 14:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/613032657 16eshseth https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/613042799 "marks" means metaphorical scars left by the controlling oppresive system which is making the Londeners vunerable.]]> 2020-06-05 14:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/16eshseth/6h2yhk2992tm5lek/wish/613042799