Literature Review - London and Tyger

William Blakes capital of the United Kingdom (61) written in 1974 presents a portrait of the fallen land which is moulded and inhibit by mercifuls hand. The poem is rophy in a suppressed atmosphere with its underlying question ab forth industrialization, materialism, corruption and capitalism. Therefore, Blake pointed out that man must invoke up from the slumber of the British government which is lack of indep endence and democracy because keep sideline this corrupt government ordain lead to death. In a nonher(prenominal) poem, The Tyger written by William Blake in the same year suggests that such act rearnot be achieved without fault the limits. In other words, The Tyger is in fact providing a root to British people, this redemption can be only achieved by breaking limits. This is the key for British people to rescue themselves.\nIn London, Blake uses several end rhymes such as be given (London, 2) and woe (London, 4), man (London, 5) and toss away (London, 7), fear (L ondon, 6) and hear (London, 8), war cry (London, 9) and sigh (London, 11), hear (London, 13) and kill (London, 15) and curse (London, 14) and hearse (16) to create a dark and fearful atmosphere. The impatient usage of negative verbs for role model fear (London, 6) and sigh (London, 11) matches bank clerks negative side when he walks through and through antithetic street in London. This helps to discipline a negative thought throughout the poem.\nLondon is cumber by the government. In the rootage stanza of London, when narrator goes through every street and wanders on the river, he mentions that the street and Thames be being charterd (London, 1). It means that the street and river be being owned, they are properties of the government. It is not just the street being charterd (London, 2), the river is in addition being charterd (London, 2). The street and the river are suppositious to be highway, they