London William Blake.ppt

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London - William Blake
I wander through each chartered street, Near where the chartered Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every man, In every infant‘s cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban, ,
The mind-forged manacles I hear
How the chimney-sweeper‘s cry
Every blackening church appals;
And the hapless soldier‘s sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls. But most through midnight streets I hear
How the youthful harlot‘s curse
Blasts the new-born infant‘s tear,
And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.
London - William Blake
我走过每条独占的街道,  徘徊在独占的泰晤士河边,  我看见每个过往的行人
有一张衰弱、痛苦的脸。 每个人的每升呼声, 每个婴孩害怕的号叫
每句话,每条禁令,
都响着心灵铸成的镣铐。
多少扫烟囱孩子的喊叫
震惊了一座座熏黑的教堂;
不幸兵士的长叹
化成鲜血留下宫墙。 最怕是深夜的街
又听年轻***女的诅咒
它骇住了初生儿的眼泪
有用文艺摧残了婚礼的葬车
The Poem’s Background
William Blake’s poem “London”, deals with the difficult and hard life in London at that time. He describes how dirty the streets and the Thames is and how the poor people suffer hopelessly and how they are in dire need of money. He has created a dark atmosphere, that’s dull and tiring.
In the poem the speaker wanders through the streets of London ments on his observations. He sees despair in the faces of the people he meets and hears fear and repression in their voices. The woeful cry of the chimney-sweeper stands as a chastisement to the Church, and the blood of a soldier stains the outer walls of the monarch's residence. The nighttime holds nothing more promising: the cursing of prostitutes corrupts the newborn infant and sullies the "Marriage hearse."
The Poem’s Background
Author
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Roman