London: Plot and Intentions

What are the key themes in the poem, London?

• Power of human / Loss and absence

• Effect of conflict / Pride

• Identity / Memory

• Reality of conflict / Guilt

What is the historical context of the London poem?

• Migration

• Golden Age

• Suffragettes

• Industrialisation

What message is the poet trying to convey about the church?

• The church is not doing enough to help the poor.

• Male priests and female priests need to be treated equally.

• The church should have moral standards.

• Children should be brought up to be religious.

Select the location in the poem that has its reputation blackened.

• Church

• Palace

• Thames

• City of London

What might the word ‘chartered’ mean?

• Listed and regulated (by the government)

• To move without a definite purpose

Which of these themes are explored in "London"?

• Poverty

• Revolution

• Power of nature

• Reality of conflict

Which revolution was a major event at the time Blake wrote "London"?

• American Civil War

• French Revolution

• Battle of Balaclava

• First World War

Blake argues that people make their own chains when they...

• refuse to open their minds

• refuse to give to charity

• refuse to move out of the city

• refuse to rise up against their oppressors

Blake was a Romantic poet. Which of these other poets from Power and Conflict were also part of the Romantic movement?

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

• Wilfred Owen

• John Agard

What was a Romantic poet concerned with?

• Emotion rather than reason

• Reason rather than emotion