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The Speaker’s Journey

The Speaker’s Journey

Blake presents a first-person speaker walking through London and observing its suffering. The poem moves from streets and the river to human voices, public institutions and family life, so the city becomes a complete system of oppression.

2.3.3 London by William Blake Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.3.3 London by William Blake

Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel GCSE English Literature 2.3.3 London by William Blake. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the post-1914 text, the 19th-century novel, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since the unseen and comparison sections are usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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