London: Methods

Language: Which of the following suggest that the people are trapped not just physically, but also mentally?

• I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1)

• "And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3)

• "The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8)

• "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16) "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16)

Language: Which of the following is an example of the poet's use of oxymoron?

• I wonder through each chartered street" (line 1)

• "And mark in every face I meet" ( Line 3)

• "The mind-forged manacles I hear" (line 8)

• "And blights with plagues the marriage hearse" (Line 16)

Structure: Which of the following techniques does the poet use to emphasise the feeling of bleakness/despair that affects everyone and from which there seems to be no escape?

• Oxymoron

• Reference to the French Revolution

• Repetition

• Contrast

Language: What does the quote "chartered street [...] chartered Thames" from London show?

• Blake has no idea where he is going

• Even a river that is often a symbol of freedom is owned

• Man has become a monster

• They are good at making maps

Language: What does the noun 'marks' connote?

• control

• helplessness

• ownership

• scarring

Language: Identify the language device in 'marriage hearse'

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Language: Which noun phrase in the poem criticises the church?

• The mind-forged manacles.

• Blackening church.

• Chimney sweepers cry.

• Marks of weakness.

Language: What is it called when two opposite ideas/words are put together?

• Anecdote

• Hyperbole

• Euphemism

• Oxymoron

Form: Define Quatrain

• a paragraph of four lines

• a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes

• a dance

• a stanza of four lines with no rhyme

Language: Select the correct verb that is repeated twice in the second stanza.

• tears

• shouts

• sobs

• cry