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WorksheetsLondon - William Blake
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Fill in the blank: "I wander through each ______________ street."
Filthy
Charter'd
Hideous
Manacled
What does the word "charter'd" mean?
Huge
Owned
Dirty
Built-up
What technique is being used here? "Marks of weakness, marks of woe."
Repetition
Oxymoron
Powerful verbs
Assonance
Fill in the blank: "The ___________ manacles I hear."
Prisoner's
Rusted
Restricting
Mind-forg'd
"Mind-forg'd manacles" is an example of which technique?
Repetition
Powerful verbs
Metaphor
Simile
Complete the line: "Every _________ church appalls."
Blackning
Disgraceful
Holy
Sacred
What word class is "blackning" in the phrase "blackning church"?
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Complete the line: "Blasts the newborn infant's _______"
Tear
Anger
Disobedience
Laziness
What is the words class of "blasts" from "blasts the newborn infant's tear?"
Adverb
Noun
Adjective
Verb
Which line from the poem shows that religion is corrupt and unable to help anyone in London?
Mind-forged manacles I hear
Every blackning church appalls
Blights with plagues the marriage hearse
Near where the chartered Thames does flow
"Near where the chartered Thames does flow".
What element of power or conflict is being presented here?
The conflict between the industries and the workers.
London's ruling class is so powerful it feels it 'owns' the natural resource of the river.
The power of religion.
The conflict between industry and nature.
"Mind forg'd manacles I hear."
What elements of power and conflict are present in this line?
How people are powerlessly trapped in London.
How powerful the ordinary people of London are.
The conflict between industry and religion.
The people's internal conflict about their own lives and where they should be.
"In every cry of every man, in every infant's cry of fear."
What elements of power and conflict are presented in this line?
The people of London are powerlessly suffering against the power of London.
Religion is exceptionally powerful in London.
The conflict between the heartless London and its population.
The conflict between industry and nature.
"The hapless soldiers sigh runs in blood down palace walls."
What elements of power and conflict are present here?
The power of industry.
The powerlessness of law enforcement and protection.
Conflict between rioting disorder and the established lawkeepers.
Conflict between industry and nature.
What might Blake be saying about London overall?
It's horrific and is ruining lives.
It's a fantastic place to go on a bank holiday Monday.
Some bits are better than others.
I love the museums...
