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London - Coggle Diagram
London
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Individual Experiences
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The speaker seems to be removed from the suffering he sees, allowing him to observe and comment on the bigger picture. This means that he can recognise the "mind-forged manacles" that trap people and he can criticise institutions like the monarchy and the church for their corruption and lack of action
The speaker's description of the city is entirely negative, which makes the reader question whether he's biased. Even in the joyful event of a wedding he can only picture a funeral. ("the marriage hearse")
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Power of humans
Humans often use power to benefit themselves rather than other people and the misuse of power can lead to people being hurt.
The Church, the monarchy and the wealthy landowners abuse their power jus because they have it. They don't care about those who are less of them because they think that they don't need to.
Loss and Absense
There's an absence of anything positive in the poem. The speaker refers to the absence of freedom ( "the chartered Thames"), innocence ( "Blasts the newborn infant's tear") and morality ("harlot's curse")
There's also an absence of hope, with no sense that anyone can do anything to improve the situation. The final image of the plagued "marriage hearse" implies the cycle of suffering will continue
Negative Emotions-Anger
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The images of the "black'ning church" and "blood down palace walls" show his anger at institutions like the Church and the government/ monarchy for not improving for not improving things
About
The narrator is describing a walk round the city of London. He says that everywhere he goes, the people he meets are affected by misery and despair. This misery seems relentless. No one can escape it, not even the young and innocent. People in power (like the Church, the monarchy and wealthy landowners) seem to be behind the problems, and do nothing to help the people in need
Blake rejected established religion for various reasons. One of the main ones was the failure of the Church to help children in London who were forced to work. Blake alludes to the 1789 French Revolution in this poem where the French people revolted against the monarchy and aristocracy.
The poem is written in four stanzas with an regular alternate scheme, this may reflect the regular walking pace of the narrator as he walks around London.