"I went out walking
Through streets paved with gold"
is the first line of the wanderer. The first line of 'London' by william blake is
"I wander thro' each charter'd street,"
So here we both narrators walking down a London street (London's streets are supposed to be paved with gold because it is so rich).
"Lifted some stones
Saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul "
"And mark in every face i meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe"
Same thing again in each of the poems.
"And the hapless Soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls."
Refers to war in 'London' by Blake. "Under an atomic sky" refers to war from U2
"I went out there
In search of experience "
from u2. Could this be a reference to Blakes 'Songs of Experience'. from which London is taken from? Blakes version of experience is a strong theme in both 'The Wanderer' and 'London'
"Where men can't walk
Or freely talk "
"In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. "
ban refers to laws passed restricting freedom, mind forg'd manacles means people are trapped by the way we think. Again, some similar ideas here.
There are also references to crying in both poems.
Finally, the annoying beeping at the end of 'The Wanderer' is in imitation of a record i think? I think it means the record needs to be turned over. ANyway its in imitation of an old form of music. Could it be a hint towards Blakes poetry (which is very old)?
'Wild Honey' is also very similar to Blakes work, 'The Songs of Experience'.
Do you guys think im on to something here?
Through streets paved with gold"
is the first line of the wanderer. The first line of 'London' by william blake is
"I wander thro' each charter'd street,"
So here we both narrators walking down a London street (London's streets are supposed to be paved with gold because it is so rich).
"Lifted some stones
Saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul "
"And mark in every face i meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe"
Same thing again in each of the poems.
"And the hapless Soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls."
Refers to war in 'London' by Blake. "Under an atomic sky" refers to war from U2
"I went out there
In search of experience "
from u2. Could this be a reference to Blakes 'Songs of Experience'. from which London is taken from? Blakes version of experience is a strong theme in both 'The Wanderer' and 'London'
"Where men can't walk
Or freely talk "
"In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear. "
ban refers to laws passed restricting freedom, mind forg'd manacles means people are trapped by the way we think. Again, some similar ideas here.
There are also references to crying in both poems.
Finally, the annoying beeping at the end of 'The Wanderer' is in imitation of a record i think? I think it means the record needs to be turned over. ANyway its in imitation of an old form of music. Could it be a hint towards Blakes poetry (which is very old)?
'Wild Honey' is also very similar to Blakes work, 'The Songs of Experience'.
Do you guys think im on to something here?
