The essential key points in order to build an efficient English essay. All information is easy to learn , considering there are 15 poems in the power and conflict course, so when revising it should be easy to learn from and they can even be printed and cut out into flash cards to maximise learning.
Poem basics :
London by William
Blake.
GCSE English Literature: AQA power and conflict
These are the basic facts that you need to know in order to understand the poem, as well
as some of the methods used and finally , authorial intent. But don't forget to offer your
own interpretation as well as the ones you read about.
It is a DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE. the first-person
narrative is passionate and personal about the
Form of the poem
suffering he sees.
The ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken and seems to
echo the relentless misery of the city. The regular
rhyme scheme could reflect him walking and the
trudging of his feet as he trudges around.
The narrator is describing a walk around the city of
London. He says that everywhere he goes and looks
what is the poem about ?
the people he meets are affected by misery and
despair.
He describes this misery as relentless. No one can
escape it - not even the young and innocent.
People in power ( the church , monarchy and
wealthy landowners) seem to be behind the
problems and do not choose to help those in need.
The narrator presents relentless images of
depressed and deprived people. The final 2 stanzas
Structure
focus on PEOPLE he see and hears, before the focus
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