London by William Blake

Tia White 1B 3/19/2014

LONDON BY WILLIAM BLAKE

FULL POEM

I wander thro' each chartered street, Near where the charter's Thames does flow.

And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man, In every Infants cry of fear, In every voice: in every ban,

The mind-forged manacles I hear

How the Chimney-sweepers cry Every blackning Church appalls,

And the hapless Soldiers sigh Runs in blood down Palace walls

But most thro' midnight streets I hear How the youthful Harlots curse Blasts the new-born Infants tear

And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse

• Born 1757 in London, England.• He Began writing at the age of 10.• He fell in love with gothic art.

• He studied engraving.• He was an misunderstood poet.

• He died in 1827

AUTHOR BACKGROUND

• Takes place in London, England . • It was created to discuss all the sadness that’s really

going on in London, England.• It was created in London, England.

• It focuses on the political and social background in London.

• It discuses the poverty that an common man may face.• It describes London’s People to be weak and filled with

woe

BACKGROUND OF POEM

I feel that the author is trying to say that everything is not always happy in London. He is revealing the truths about

the city and the problems a common man faces. He tells of that the people of London are very weak. Freedom of

speech is shunned on ,so nobody really speaks on it. It also discusses the anger of the political side of city.

MY INTERPRETATION

Imagery: Every Cry Of Every ManPersonification: Every blackening church Appalls.

Runs in blood down the palace walls.

LITERALITY DEVICES

Tell me what has become of my rightsAm I invisible because you ignore me?

Your proclamation promised me free liberty, nowI'm tired of bein' the victim of shame

They're throwing me in a class with a bad nameI can't believe this is the land from which I came

You know I really do hate to say itThe government don't wanna see

But if Roosevelt was livin'He wouldn't let this be, no, no

SONGTHEY DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT US

BY MICHEAL JACKSON.

London exposes all the unfair treatment of the people of lodon,england. It tells of he diffrent social and political

changes. Also all of the common man faces.

Quote: A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent

CONCLUSION