London Flashcards

All 9 cards in this deck

Who wrote ‘London’, and when?

William Blake, in 1794.

Which collection is ‘London’ from?

Songs of Experience (1794).

What is the form of ‘London’?

Four quatrains, rhyming ABAB.

Who is the speaker of ‘London’, and what is he doing?

A first-person speaker wandering the streets of London.

Which word does Blake use for both the streets and the Thames in ‘London’?

“chartered”: mapped out and controlled by law or ownership.

Complete the quotation from ‘London’: “The mind-forged …”

“… manacles I hear”

Which two institutions does ‘London’ link to suffering in stanza 3?

The Church (“blackening church”) and the monarchy (“palace-walls”).

Which oxymoron ends ‘London’?

“marriage hearse”

What are the main themes of ‘London’?

The abuse of power by Church and state, and the suffering of the poor.