London: William Blake

Explore one of Britain’s most famous poems with this 27-slide lesson on William Blake’s ‘London’ from the Songs of Experience.

This lesson includes an exploration of significant contextual issues and a line-by-line close reading of the text.

Numerous questions are included for students throughout, as well as references to Blake’s key themes and images within ‘London’.

Aimed in particular at those studying ‘Political and Social Protest Writing’ with AQA at A level, this lesson could easily be adapted for high-ability GCSE students.

There are questions included for students at the end of the lesson, as well as an official ‘mock’ A level question to be answered in which ‘London’ must be compared with other poems from across Blake’s Songs.

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