who wrote London?
William Blake
what movement was Blake part of?
early Romantics movement
what were Blake’s political views inspired by?
the French revolution where the monarchy was overthrown by the French people
what collection does London come from?
Songs of Experience- focuses on the negative aspects of life
what does London explore?
the effects of modernity and industrialisation on people and the living world- conveyed by ideas of dangerous industrial/working conditions, child labour, prostitution and poverty
what is the first stanza?
I wonder thro’ each charter’s street,
Near where the charter’d Thames does flow
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe