Key learning points

1. Imagery refers to the use of language that evokes vivid mental pictures in the reader's mind.
2. In the poem 'London', William Blake uses sensory language to paint a vivid image.
3. Sounds are important in the poem, such as the "infant's cry of fear" and the "chimney-sweeper's cry".
4. The use of negative sounds in the poem creates a noisy and unpleasant impression of the city.
5. Different kinds of language have different effects.

Keywords

• Imagery - the use of vivid and sensory language that appeals to the reader's senses, creating vivid mental pictures and enhancing the emotional impact of the poem

• Atmosphere - the feeling or mood created in a section or whole of a text

• Visual - relating to the sense of sight

• Aural - relating to the sense of hearing

Common misconception