LONDON – WILLIAM BLAKE
CONTEXT:
❖ He was born a year before the French revolution [1789-1844]
❖ Was considered proto Romantic as he wasn’t part of the group
❖ He was religious but didn’t like organised religion
❖ He was a radical, non-conforming against the status quo
❖ Talked about child labour and poverty
❖ Anti monarchist
❖ Was a strange character
RHYME SCHEME:
❖ ABAB
❖ Iambic pentameter
TONE & MOOD:
❖ Criticism
❖ Graphic
❖ Grim
❖ Primitive
❖ Negative
THEMES:
❖ Man and the natural world
❖ Love
❖ Transience/change
❖ Death/mortality
❖ Childhood/innocence
❖ Power/control
❖ Women
❖ Relationships
❖ Freedom/confinement
❖ Injustice
CONTEXT:
❖ He was born a year before the French revolution [1789-1844]
❖ Was considered proto Romantic as he wasn’t part of the group
❖ He was religious but didn’t like organised religion
❖ He was a radical, non-conforming against the status quo
❖ Talked about child labour and poverty
❖ Anti monarchist
❖ Was a strange character
RHYME SCHEME:
❖ ABAB
❖ Iambic pentameter
TONE & MOOD:
❖ Criticism
❖ Graphic
❖ Grim
❖ Primitive
❖ Negative
THEMES:
❖ Man and the natural world
❖ Love
❖ Transience/change
❖ Death/mortality
❖ Childhood/innocence
❖ Power/control
❖ Women
❖ Relationships
❖ Freedom/confinement
❖ Injustice
