London by William Blake

An introduction to the poem London by William Blake. Designed and taught as an introduction to the poem on the AQA, GCSE poetry cluster ‘power and conflict’. This lesson introduces the poems main themes and supplys modern day equivalents to aid understanding. Begins with a discussion about who has power within society before looking at an image as a discussion point and reading through the poem answering questions for each stanza before finishing with a short summary of the poem to be written by students, making use of their previous answers and developing an idea of what the poem means to them.