William Blake's Dark Vision Of London
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Ferber, Michael. “‘London’ and Its Politics.” ELH, vol. 48, no. 2, 1981, pp. 310-38. JSTOR, doi.org/10.2307/2872974
Griffin, Paul F. “MISINTERPRETING THE CITY IN BLAKE’S ‘LONDON.’” CEA Critic, vol. 48/49, 1986, pp. 114-107. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44378189
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I teach this poem for GCSE English literature and will absolutely be using this video to illustrate the political magnitude of Blake's writing - incredible and succinct analysis!!
Same! Can't wait to share with my Year 11s
How lucky are your students to have a caring and cultured teacher. Our professor made us buy Cambridge English Guillivers A2 lmao like this ain't a library book club
I was about to say that this poem is used for my A Level Lit course and I will absolutely steal every idea in this video lol
Gross
As someone who occasionally dabbles in creative writing and poetry, I really love this type of content from you. You do an impeccable job at immersing the viewer in the poems and creating an atmosphere around them with the video itself. I'd tell you to do a lot more of it, but I also love all of your other content and it feels as though you are at your best, when you simply write about whatever catches your interest at the time. Looking forward to whatever you decide to cover next.
William Blake was one of the most talented people to ever live. An inspirational figure to me personally.
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I think Evan has maintained a high standard over a long time but my thing with this channel is Evan kinda dropped the ball by not keeping a high level of output. His uploads dramatically reduced through Covid, so he could write his book I guess? But that was when he most needed to increase his rate of uploading content to YT. If he had he might have way more subs and views now and made a lot more money probably than his book ever will.
William Blake, the man who could compose a gripping hymn and a Yo’ Momma put down at the same time.
It doesn't get better than the analysis of a poem when it comes to expressing the utmost with the minimal. 16 short lines is all it takes in the hands of a master
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I love all of your analyses and dissections of art, literature, culture anything! You make it interesting and fun. I loved your book, too! Thank you for the work that you do. I’m here for all of it!
Love that you evaluate poems and paintings. It helps you stand out as a giant amongst your peers!
Outstanding analysis of such a powerful poem. More of this, please.
Your videos have been consistently great for the longest time. Beautiful looks into art. Editing is always amazing.
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Hey Nerdwriter1! Can you please do videos about the mythology William Blake creates?
I have heard someone use the phrase "mind-forg'd manacle" only once and only by Hitchens in a debate/speech against religion. I had no idea he got the phrase from Blake. It's very fitting.
This was terrific. Blake has always been my favourite poet. He always intones so much meaning into his work and London is one of his best.
Just found your channel today and so glad.
When first hearing Blake's piece on London, it brought to mind John Cooper Clarke's "Beasley Street."
The spoken word version is amazing, but the song is equally worth hearing.
Awesome! I would love a Hart Crane analysis if you decide to do more poetry. “The Bridge: To Brooklyn Bridge” is a masterpiece and currently my favorite poem.
I never cared much for poetry when at school. When I went into higher education as an adult and studied William Blake, specifically this poem, it gave me greater appreciation of poetry. He remains a personal favourite of mine, his themes and criticisms speak to me deeply.
Loved your book!
Love how you break down the poem 🙂
Great video, always interesting and informative.
Absolutely brilliant description!
I watched all your videos and continue to be inspired. Thank you
It's insane and yet beautiful that William Blake is still ahead of our time today.
The Harlots Curse, teh Infants Tear, and the Marriage hearse is LIFE
Thank you so much for the video. Excellent analysis.
Done that London poet in 9th grade. Love his poem. Even poisonous tree
What a visionary he was! Shout out to my English professor Swartz whose knowledge of Blake was astounding and made learning about him fun.
Astounding episode, as good as the "scariest painting" one.
Great video! Glad to see you around
This is one of my favourite poems and one of the reasons for this is that I first heard it as the song London by Sparklehorse. Honestly do yourself a favour and listen to how Spakrlehorse puts this poem to music and makes a fantastic song
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Great video, as always.
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I love when you put an eye on the dark
So good as always
Thank you from all the English Literature teachers currently teaching this poem to GCSE pupils! ❤
"Mind forg'd manacles" reminds me of one of my favorite Nas lines - "I'm amped up/ they locked the champ up/ Even my brain's in handcuffs..."
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Another great one
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William Blake and A.E Houseman my fav ❤
He did the best illustration of Jacob’s Ladder!
Nice. Thank you! More Blake please! :)
Although this was written a long time ago, I can absolutely relate to what Blake is expressing here
Reminds me of that song Streets of London by Ralph McTell
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Thank you
What an incredibly powerful power that still sadly echoes quite true today
Love your videos
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Among us ඞ 5:11
btw your vids are coming up on my feed despite the fact that i watch nearly every one
great job, I love you
A Brilliant autopsy of verses
Excellent video! Greatest poem in the English language.
That's the painting from Red Dragon (2002) at 07:54
The Garden Of Love is my favourite Blake poem
Bravo!
Great video
wow just studying this in the IB right now lol
No wayyyyyyy! Nerdwriter covering one of my favourite people in history.
Good job :)
The fact that the captions auto-capitalized “Among Us” 😭
Blake is definitely known more for his poetic works than his visual ones, it’s only in the last half century that he’s been truly appreciated in that sphere.
fantastic analysis, happy halloween!
cool vid man
I think everyone's vision of London is pretty dark, or at least if they've been there at least once
what's the painting being used at 4:18 ?
A wonderful analysis of an english lit fave.
Can you please PLEASE do this but with the rest of the Power and Conflict anthology poems. Preferably before May
What do you make of the Capitalization of certain words? I know that Shakespeare (in the First Folio) intends the actor to pay particular attention to a word if it's capitalized, but since poetry is usually meant to be read more than spoken, why do you think so many words are emphasized in this way?
Damn that's beautiful
5:11 among us
Love Blake's poem but couldn't help but notice a passing..or is it.. similarity to a contemporary creation.. The Verve's " History" , 1st 2 verses.. "I wander lonely streets
Behind where the old Thames does flow
And in every face I meet
Reminds me of what I have run for
In every man, in every hand
In every kiss, you understand
That living is for other men
I hope you too will understand"
Hmmmm... 🤔
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More poetry!
Thanks for this/super useful paradigm for close reading Kashmiri and Palestinian poets!
I can't thumbs up this enough!
Not English Lit A-Level coming back to haunt me in later life 😭
If only my English educators had understood Blake!
I was totally trapped by your narration, the exposition was perfectly clear and the edition helped a lot to follow the analysis. Thank you so much for your work!
OMG WILLIAM BLAKE
Even as a non-native English speaker this video is amazing. Easy to understand even for my dumbass
Blake was a real one.
Man, I just watched Red Dragon a few days ago. Your timing is...spooky!
Death walks behind you!
Tan, tararan, tan tan ta taan!
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Come on!
That's the first thing I thought of too!
@@bluesdjben hell yeah!
96 years later: From Hell
I saw a thing
and it was bad
It was so bad
it made me -- OH, what word will perfectly express my deep emotions because I'm a writer!??!!
Engage in an outdated fad?
Blake had Darkvision?!
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Something interesting about this poem is that, unlike many of the other poems in "Songs of Innocence and of Experience," it does not have an official companion.
In companion poems such as "The Chimney-Sweeper" or "Holy Thursday," they work by contrasting the presentation of societal woes through a lens of childhood innocence and adulthood experience. For the former, these scenes are presented in such a way that it seems peaceful, harmonious, almost idyllic, but upon close reading the dangers of the world are firmly present, creating a sense of eeriness the exposes such scenes for what they are: a paradise corrupted by the institutions of the fallen world. For the latter, the evils of society are more direct, with every pretense of morality being abandoned to expose the naked oppression and corruption inflicted upon adults by Church and State for what it is, which then allows for such evils to be openly critiqued and condemned by both the speaker and audience. Thus, under Blake, maturity becomes not a metamorphosis of abandoning the principles of childhood to become an ideal adult, but rather a process by which one simply gains new perspectives about the reality of life, confirming the lies of paradise for what they are while being better able to directly address the many dangers of the world; both the fallen world and paradise have admirable qualities.
"London" stands on its own, and lacking an explicit equivalent in "Songs of Innocence" implies that this injustice and depravity is not directly visible to those kept innocent. Even within the Eden of childhood bliss, these aspects of a real city, of the "grown-up world," are kept hidden from us by both parents and figures of authority that would rather not have children know of such early on in life. However, once you become an adult, having to fend for oneself in this Pandaemonium, then you become freely aware of the sounds and sights that plague the city, of the inequities and suffering that comes with living in an industrializing monarchy, because you are left at the mercy of those who write the laws and the children's picture books. After all, it takes someone who truly understands the essential differences and necessary balance between Heaven and Hell to know that society is a terror in and of itself.
u didnt time stamp stanza 4
I love most of your videos and congratulate you for that.
As for the French Revolution :it was a truly APPALLING event and Blake abhorred it. He hated Voltaire and Diderot, who, anti-Christians and anti-God as they were, paved the way for the orgy of blood to come.
with what’s going on rn I’d do a William Blake vid to calm down too lollll
There is an interesting meta-level here, as regards to the French revolution certainly. We know from history that the French revolution was actually incredibly illiberal - and everything counter to the hopes of people like him and Thomas Paine. So in a way this poem stands too as a warning of the hubris of the writer too. Just a thought.
It was mixed. You can't get more illiberal than slavery, for instance, and they abolished it.
Why does this video in particular feel like a Vox video?
Fantastic video in general, but I cannot help but think that interpreting the ending as a criticism of the institution of marriage is a massive stretch.
The reasoning of misogyny creating sexual repression resulting in loveless marriages and thus creating a need for prostitution is mental gymnastics and falls apart under the bare minimum of scrutiny.
I would say the phrase "Marriage hearse" is pretty convincing evidence that it was--in part--commentary on the institution of marriage as it was at the time. Of course it's also just more general descriptions of the "cries" from stanza 2 just like stanza 3 was. The harlot curses (no doubt sorrowful of her own situation) her baby causing it to cry, and the harlot also curses marriages with plagues causing tears there.
@@j.prt.979 I'm not that convinced. It is a specific instance (not every, not general but specific instances of the harlot, the child and the couple) and the act of infidelity is itself a negation of what the institution of marriage is supposed to be and have been. And I very much doubt that the author was arguing that paid extramarital affairs are part and parcel of what marriage is.
Furthermore, the plagues are, as I understand it, what is turning the wedding carriage into a marriage hearse.
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The message is clear:
"London is a bad place! It is not a place of honor!"
When will humanity learn this lesson! 😅