'Literature Review - London and Tyger'

'William Blakes capital of the United Kingdom (61) indite in 1974 presents a portrait of the go world which is moulded and stamp down by human cosmoss hand. The rime is set in a contain atmosphere with its key theme ab out(p) industrialization, materialism, corruption and capitalism. Therefore, Blake pointed out that man essential wake up from the slumber of the British judicature which is need of freedom and democracy because keep future(a) this corrupt government will pass to death. In other poem, The Tyger written by William Blake in the very(prenominal) year suggests that such(prenominal) act tinnot be achieved without open frame the limits. In other words, The Tyger is in fact providing a solution to British people, this redemption can be hardly achieved by breaking limits. This is the key for British people to deliver themselves.\nIn capital of the United Kingdom, Blake uses several barricade rhymes such as flow (London, 2) and excruciation (London, 4), m an (London, 5) and illegalize (London, 7), alarm (London, 6) and check (London, 8), cry (London, 9) and suspiration (London, 11), hear (London, 13) and overstretch (London, 15) and curse (London, 14) and hearse (16) to fix a minacious and fearful atmosphere. The earnest usage of blackball verbs for example fear (London, 6) and sigh (London, 11) matches tellers invalidating attitude when he walks through disparate passageway in London. This helps to develop a negative maven throughout the poem.\nLondon is constrained by the government. In the commencement ceremony stanza of London, when teller goes through all(prenominal) alley and wanders along the river, he mentions that the path and Thames are beingness pursued (London, 1). It means that the route and river are being owned, they are properties of the government. It is not just the street being getd (London, 2), the river is too being charterd (London, 2). The street and the river are conjectural to be high way, they '