--- title: AQA Power and Conflict Poems – Notes on Context | KS4 Teaching Resource description: Access brief notes on the context of each poem from the AQA Power and Conflict poetry cluster. 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The French Revolution began in 1789 and ‘London’ was published in 1792 - The Haitian Revolution, where slaves successfully liberated themselves from French colonial rule, took place in 1791 - Blake initially associated the French Revolution with progress towards greater equality - However, he was later disturbed by the violence that came with it - England was in the middle of the Industrial Revolution and cities were expanding rapidly, leading to pollution and over-crowding ![](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/AQA_Power_Conflict_Poems.png?width=698&height=491&name=AQA_Power_Conflict_Poems.png) The document should be easy to edit and hope it’s useful – Doug [hello@douglaswise.co.uk](mailto:hello@douglaswise.co.uk) [![�� AQA POETRY RESOURCES](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/143698377/interactive-87489670338.png)](https://www.douglaswise.co.uk/hs/cta/wi/redirect?encryptedPayload=AVxigLIAl4mMyuA%2FHjSqABrGs%2BaVNmeiCytYwH37Yw5byDHdkDraeDOVmFXFWKvu48P7NMjd8YHyxf2EWm4uNbdanDdcKI3AdRLq6vi8FRWzma9GnzDXHaQpTDEXo5Zy%2BaNvh4bsJXum%2BvMav%2BIt5OYdeq%2Fcb3dKZK%2BrHdFx0iRx2XaZRWZQgr3im3B65gzgB%2Fc3xVV8zDuZ2JzGn%2BEwfKnhWjjk5kuuwgzLhvm9yFF7hcOBdvPNXl9xmojft3UhDMaNgvTGz5%2Fi1eW0tzALyOOpXMosWB%2BJ9Plo%2Bp12ca4ts9lQXb8abbwVKzfqmkfE8WI%3D&webInteractiveContentId=87489670338&portalId=143698377) [!["These bundles are brilliant and save so much time! 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