London requires world class infrastructure and a transport system which maximises the city's economic efficiency and the quality of life of its citizens.
Index Index Page 1 Introduction Page 2 The TEN priorities Page 3 Details of the Measures carried or proposed to carry out Page 7 Conclusion Page 18 Introduction LONDON, the capital of United Kingdom, is a gateway for international investment and tourism to UK. It is also a financial centre of Europe, to sustain this particular role, it requires world class infrastructure and a transport system which maximises the city's economic efficiency and the quality of life of its citizens. From 1980 London's resident population have risen over 16%, together with a strong economic and tourism growth resulting an extensive pressure on its supply of housing, offices, especially transport. Our London Mayor Ken Livingston has proposed a Transport Strategy to resolve this problem. This Strategy provides all measures for transport improvement, as well as environment and economic development enhancement. It mainly contend with the improvement of public transport, which includes buses, underground and over-ground railway services and it also provide measures to tackle central London congestion issues. In order to support London as an exemplary sustainable world city, "the Transport Strategy will increase the capacity, reliability, efficiency, quality and integration of the transport system to provide the world class transport system the capital needs." (Transport Strategy) It has
Practical Criticism:
English Literature Stage II Romanticism EN2 Practical Criticism: "The Tyger" William Blake Blake's poem "The Tyger" - written somewhere between 1785 and 1789 - was first published in Songs of Innocence and Experience. These two interconnected books of poetry were intended to show the "two contrary states of the human soul. Appropriately enough "The Tyger" appeared in the second book, Experience, and has as its natural counter part "The Lamb" in Innocence. "The Tyger" as a poem is a perennial international favourite. It has been more frequently and widely published than any other poem in English. The diction and rhyme scheme of both poems suggest they were written for children which is ostensibly the intended audience for the Songs. However the choice of words and cadence works on far deeper levels than just creating a palatable nursery-rhyme rhythm for children. The lively trochaic metre, aswell as suggesting a nursery rhyme, could be likened to a chant or invocation. The repetition of "Tyger! Tyger!" with its double exclamation marks support this idea. It gives the whole poem a quasi-religious tone which is maintained - albeit ambiguously - throughout the poem. Simultaneously the exclaimed repetition of "Tyger! Tyger!" could be seen as an awed whisper, a terrified cry or an oath of some kind. The immediate stressed syllables at the start of the foot (Ty -
How does Blake use 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience' to express his view on society of his day and its institutions? (such as Child Labour, Parenting, the Church and Education)
How does Blake use 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience' to express his view on society of his day and its institutions? (such as Child Labour, Parenting, the Church and Education) The purpose of this essay is to explore Blake's views on society of his day and its institutions (such as Child Labour, Parenting, the Church and Education) expressed in his poems entitled 'Songs of Innocence' and 'Songs of Experience'. This essay will study how Blake uses mood, tone, structure, imagery and many other literary techniques to present his views on these institutions. William Blake was born on 28th November 1757 and grew up in London. The poems entitled 'Songs of Innocence' were written by Blake in 1789 and the poems entitled 'Songs of Experience' were written later in 1794. In the late 18th century, during the time that these poems were written, Britain was experiencing the end of the industrial revolution and the world was developing fast. Blake demonstrates his views in his collection of poems called 'Songs of Experience' and 'Songs of Innocence'. Children are born into the world of innocence, where they are allowed to be free and happy, and are also protected from the world of experience for as long as possible by their parents. Blake would have hoped that adults would enter the world of experience but someday return to innocence and protect the children. The world of
Consider William Blakes presentation of love in the poem The Clod and the Pebble.
Transfer-Encoding: chunked Selected: Songs of Ourselves (b) Paying close attention to language and form, write a critical appreciation of the following poem, considering William Blake’s presentation of love in the poem ‘The Clod and the Pebble’. The Clod and the Pebble "Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." So sung a little Clod of Clay 5 Trodden with the cattle's feet, But a Pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: "Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, 10 Joys in another's loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven's despite." The ostensible cuteness of the poem The Clod and the Pebble perhaps masks a more morbid and deeply cynical assessment of love by the poet William Blake. Initially, the contrast between the clod and the pebble’s speeches on love might encourage a positive response to the clod’s optimism about how love can rescue us from even the most hellish position. The pebble’s pessimism about love, on the other hand, is unpleasant and unsettling, but it’s also a more accurate reflection of the brutal nature of the world as it is depicted in the poem. Blake’s presentation of love, then, is ambivalent. While the ideal that love is able to overcome any circumstance is appealing, it might
Compare ‘The Tyger’ and ‘The Lamb’ by Blake.
Compare 'The Tyger' and 'The Lamb' by Blake 'The Lamb' is taken from Blake's 'Songs of Innocence' and 'The Tyger' is taken from Blake's 'Songs of Experience'. 'The Lamb' describes a child asking a 'Little Lamb' who made it and, in the second stanza, the child's question is answered. Each poem in 'Songs of Innocence' has a parallel in Blake's collection 'Songs of Experience' and 'The Tyger' is the parallel to 'The Lamb'. It, too, poses the question of who created the animal. The two creatures that are the subjects of these poems are very different from each other. Lambs are benign, domesticated, cuddly animals which even a tiny child can safely pet. Tigers are magnificent beasts, but could be described as killing machines, perfectly designed to stalk, hunt and kill. They are a danger to other forms of life, including man. As parallels to one another, on one level the two poems have a lot in common. They ask the same basic question: who created the animal that is the subject of the poem? There is even a link to 'The Lamb' in 'The Tyger', when the question is asked 'Did he who made the lamb make thee?' At a deeper level, they both explore Blake's view of the world and of God, and of the nature of the relationships between God and Man and between Man and the world which God created. There is also a similarity in structure between the two poems. Both are in rhyming couplets and
Compare and Contrast the poems London and Upon Westminster Bridge - Say which poem you like best and why.
Compare and Contrast the poems London and Upon Westminster Bridge. Say which poem you like best and why. William Blake wrote London (1757-1827) and William Wordsworth wrote Upon Westminster Bridge (1770-1850). These two poets are both Romantic poets. The word Romantic in this context doesn't mean they are poets that focus on love in their poetry. It means that they were writing during the Romantic Movement. Romanticism was the name for the movement that emphasised certain qualities in poetry. The main qualities of this type poetry were poems focused on nature, especially the beauty of nature. Poems that were also used were poems that were full of enthusiasm for the subject of the poem. The emotions and responses of the poet. Also the poet's individual responses to the world and life; poetry that expresses the power of imagination. Poetry, which celebrates the splendid rather than the ordinary. William Wordsworth is famous for describing good poetry as 'the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling.' His most famous long work is The Prelude (1850). William Blake is famous for visionary power. He believed the imagination was much more powerful for understanding the world and how to live than reason was. William Blake wrote lots of poetry, which are put into two groups: The Songs of Innocence and the Songs of Experience. The poem London is a Songs of Experience. My favourite
Compare and contrast the two poems 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' by William Blake.
Compare and contrast the two poems 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger' by William Blake In this essay I am going to analyse, compare and contrast two poems by William Blake. They are called 'The Lamb' and 'The Tyger'. I will be looking at how Blake uses imagery, structure and form to create effects and how the environment that Blake lived in affected the way he wrote his poems. In the late 18th century, the world was changing and developing into a new world quite fast. Blake was born in London, the third of five children. Because of the relatively lower middle class status of his fathers line of work, Blake was raised in a state of not quite poverty, but he saw what life could really be like if he was down on his luck, and this he would experience for the rest of his life. When he was nineteen the American Revolution happened and this caused great social unrest in the high and wealthy classes. Then, when he was 32, the French Revolution occurred which signalled the end of the monarchy and aristocracy in France. This, not surprisingly, caused the same area of society in Britain to fear that the same would happen in their back yard. Blake was still writing at the start of the Industrial Revolution, this time became the primary phase in which heavy machinery was used in factories and mines. This created a feeling of great political upheaval and paranoia, shown by the appearance of
The `Introduction' poem to the book Songs of Innocence has a symbolic representation, and it is quite the opposite to the `Introduction' of the book called Songs of Experience
illiam Blake is the author of the two poems that introduce his book of poems, Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Both these poems have a number of meanings to them, and they both contradict one another. This is in a way that one poem is thought to be aimed for children and more childish to its opposing poem book. The reason for this is because Songs of Innocence is less hearted and not as serious as Songs of Experience. Therefore Songs of Experience is seen to be the more adult text and Songs of Innocence is more childish. Also one of the poems is faster read, and more like a nursery rhyme, happy and good. The other rhymes but not alike to the nursery rhymes you would read as a child, sad and evil. The `Introduction' poem to the book Songs of Innocence has a symbolic representation, and it is quite the opposite to the `Introduction' of the book called Songs of Experience. The word innocent can mean many things, such as purity, untouched, softness, nurture, gentleness and nature, these all relate to the image of country. The real definition of innocence is `free from moral wrong'. This is nothing like the meanings of experience. These meanings can be corrupt, evil, impure and they can all relate to the image of city. The definition of experience is `observation or practical acquaintance with facts or events'. As you can see just from the title of these two books of
London Docklands
LONDON DOCKLANDS COURSEWORK London Docklands In this investigation I will be investigating if the hypothesis is True or False and justify why. Hypothesis: "All members of the community benefited 'equally' from the redevelopment of London's docklands" Introduction: My investigation is to investigate and justified whether or not the 'hypothesis' is true or false backing this up with results. In this investigation I will be doing the following to decide whether or not the hypothesis: "All members if the community benefited 'equally' from the redevelopment of London's docklands" Location: London Docklands is in the East end of London-England, UK (Most Economic Developed Country). London Docklands is an area of eight-and-a-half square miles stretching across parts of the East End Boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets and Newham, stretching from the north of the river Thames,-Tower Bridge to Beckton, ending in the South of the River- from London Bridge to Surrey. Why did London grow as a trading centre? London grew as a trading centre because of the First World War. During the First World War, the British Empire were conquering and expanding the Empire. As the Empire grew, the trading market grew; this was because Britain was expanding their trade with the rest of the Empire, importing and exporting goods such as; gold, slaves, coal, food stuff. Therefore Britain
The Assassin
The Assassin He stuck out like a sore thumb with his shabby, bright orange shirt and red tie. It distinguished him from the hoards of people making their way, bright eyed and bushy tailed through Hyde Park, during the morning rush to work on that desperately cold November morning. The shirt compared with the bright autumn leaves falling from the trees, which now hid the path from view. This made him hard to miss considering his size and the fact that every other businessperson in London wore smartly coloured attire. Although a bit untidy, with stubble on my face from where I had roughed it the last few nights, I was dressed inconspicuously. That helped me to blend in with my surroundings; charcoal suit, navy tie, black briefcase in hand. A bright but surprisingly cold sun hung over London that morning, making the dew on the grass glisten softly. The smell as usual in London was of exhaust fumes, briefly interrupted by the odd roasted peanut stand, or short burst of a fresh morning grass smell. The orange shirted man seemed to be moving quickly for such a large man. I knew where he was going I just kept a steady distance from him. He was very shifty and constantly looked at his watch, or over his shoulder and his posture suggested that he was paranoid. Possibly, he knew what was coming to him. Maybe he had a tip-off. What did I care once I caught him alone and 'did my job' I