Monday, December 26, 2016

Literature Review - London and Tyger

William Blakes capital of the United Kingdom (61) written in 1974 presents a portrait of the travel world which is moulded and suppressed by hu human beings hand. The meter is set in a suppressed atmosphere with its rudimentary theme about industrialization, materialism, depravation and capitalism. Therefore, Blake pointed out that man must(prenominal) wake up from the ease of the British presidency which is lack of freedom and democracy because admit following this corrupt government will lead to death. In an opposite poem, The Tyger written by William Blake in the same form suggests that such act cannot be achieved without breaking the limits. In other words, The Tyger is in fact providing a solution to British people, this buyback can be merely achieved by breaking limits. This is the several(prenominal)ise for British people to save themselves.\nIn London, Blake uses several end rhymes such as flow (London, 2) and woe (London, 4), man (London, 5) and ban (London, 7), fear (London, 6) and larn (London, 8), cry (London, 9) and respire (London, 11), pick up (London, 13) and tear (London, 15) and curse (London, 14) and hearse (16) to form a dark and cowardly atmosphere. The intense usage of forbid verbs for example fear (London, 6) and sigh (London, 11) matches tellers banish attitude when he walks by different roadway in London. This helps to develop a negative sense throughout the poem.\nLondon is constrained by the government. In the first stanza of London, when narrator goes through every avenue and wanders along the river, he mentions that the roadway and Thames atomic number 18 being learnd (London, 1). It means that the bridle-path and river argon being owned, they are properties of the government. It is not just the street being learnd (London, 2), the river is also being charterd (London, 2). The street and the river are supposed to be highway, they

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