Question

Critically analyze Jhonson's London​

Answer 1

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English writer Samuel Johnson’s poem “London” was published in 1738, contains 263 lines, and pays homage to Juvenal’s Third Satire. The poem is considered a neoclassical work. Neoclassicism was the dominant movement of Johnson’s time, and its writers—Johnson, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope—tried to revive classical Greco-Roman styles of writing in the same vein as Horace, Virgil, and Ovid. The primary inspiration for Johnson’s work was Juvenal, an ancient Roman satirist who bemoaned the deterioration of Roman society and critiqued the failures of its leadership.

Answer 2

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London' by Samuel Johnson is about the hypocrisies and follies of the people living in London and is described by the narrator's friend Thales. In the poem 'London,' the narrator's friend, Thales, describes why he does not want to live in London and wants to leave the city.