What makes people want to go to the city of London? Many people would answer that there is a lot of historical places to see. In William Blake’s poem, “London”, readers are brought on a trip back in time to a part of the city’s history that tourist now find go to see. This time traveling experience of the poem certainly isn’t pleasant because the whole text is focused around a negative era in this England city. Throughout the four stanzas and sixteen lines readers feel different emotions such as anger and sadness. Many feelings are being provoked from “London”, so what is the speaker’s message? After looking at a few specific theoretical terms the theme becomes clearer. The speaker in William Blake’s poem, “London” uses imagery, tone and symbols
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It’s an admirable image that doesn’t cause a sense of fear. But this renowned area of Europe was terrifying to the speaker of William Blake’s, “London”. There are a number of images positioned in the lines of this poem. For instance, some that are clear would be, “Runs in blood down palace walls” (Blake, 12) or “In every cry infant’s cry of fear” (6). They are two very strong images that show heavy emotions/ events. After reading all of “London” I am picturing many people franticly running through the chartered streets as the Churches burn down around them. The speaker to this poem describes the citizens of having marks of weakness and woe, which means to express grief/ distress. There is blood running from the palace walls. It’s an image of a riot or protest that leads me to believe that there was some sort of oppression from the government. The people of London aren’t the only ones pictured to be hurt in this poem either. The soldiers in stanza three are described as sighing and being hapless, or unfortunate. Blake created an image of the people who work for London’s government as being stressed out. They are seen as over worked and tired from trying to get the citizens under control. This only continues my conclusion that this city’s authority is neglecting their
It’s an admirable image that doesn’t cause a sense of fear. But this renowned area of Europe was terrifying to the speaker of William Blake’s, “London”. There are a number of images positioned in the lines of this poem. For instance, some that are clear would be, “Runs in blood down palace walls” (Blake, 12) or “In every cry infant’s cry of fear” (6). They are two very strong images that show heavy emotions/ events. After reading all of “London” I am picturing many people franticly running through the chartered streets as the Churches burn down around them. The speaker to this poem describes the citizens of having marks of weakness and woe, which means to express grief/ distress. There is blood running from the palace walls. It’s an image of a riot or protest that leads me to believe that there was some sort of oppression from the government. The people of London aren’t the only ones pictured to be hurt in this poem either. The soldiers in stanza three are described as sighing and being hapless, or unfortunate. Blake created an image of the people who work for London’s government as being stressed out. They are seen as over worked and tired from trying to get the citizens under control. This only continues my conclusion that this city’s authority is neglecting their