Analysing the poem 'London'
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- Q1Which word is repeated in 'London' that means owned and controlled?manacles''blights''forg'dbancharter'd30s
- Q2What does the word ''marks'' suggest in the first stanza of 'London'?the soot etched into the people's faces from sweeping chimneysthe imprint in history that the people want to make by having a revolutionthe permanence of the people's suffering30s
- Q3Why is the context of the Industrial Revolution important to the poem 'London'?Blake suggests the pollution from the Industrial Revolution is the worst illThe Industrial Revolution slowly began to improve London which Blake admiresThe Industrial Revolution widened inequality in society which Blake criticises30s
- Q4Why is the context of the French Revolution important in the poem 'London'?Blake advocates the idea that oppressed could reclaim power from the privilegedBlake disapproved of the violent ways in which monarchs were killedBlake believed people should have more power than establishments30s
- Q5How does Blake suggest that marriage is futile in 'London'?Users sort answers between categoriesSorting30s
- Q6How does Blake suggest the corruption of religious establishments through his poem 'London'?He suggests they are complicit in child labourHe suggests they control the river ThamesHe suggests they are to blame for the deaths of soldiers30s