London

London
by William Blake

I wander thro’ each charter’d street,
Near where the charter’d Thames does flow.
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg’d manacles I hear

How the Chimney-sweepers cry
Every blackning Church appalls,
And the hapless Soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down Palace walls

But most thro’ midnight streets I hear
How the youthful Harlots curse
Blasts the new-born Infants tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse

London
Summary Popularity of 'London': William Blake, a famous English poet and painter, wrote 'London'. It is a narrative poem about the sufferings during industrialization. It was first published in 1974 in his volume, Songs of Experience. The poem talks about the speaker's journey through the streets of London, portraying the negative aspects of that city. It also deals with child labor and slavery.
“London” as a representative of pain: the poem reflects on the poet's experiences during his life in London. It narrates what he sees and hears while wandering the streets of London. The poem begins when the speaker walks down the River Thames. While traveling, he meets many tired and sad faces. He continues to watch and hear crying and crying. sounds of suffering because people are forced to work in horrible conditions. He also expresses resentment about how poverty and disease have made everything around him fail. He goes on to describe the wretched cries of chimney sweeps, darkening churches, and the soldiers who died because of the war. At midnight he hears the prostitute curse his baby's cry. This curse would surely affect the innocence and purity of this tiny soul. Therefore, London forces people to live in misery.
Most important themes in “London”: Effects of industrialization, poverty, materialism and child labor are the main themes of this poem. The poet expresses the darker aspects of London. He discusses how disease, poverty and moral corruption plague the city. The people are treated illegally with the resulting agony and hardship. Death is also one of the main themes of this poem. He comments on how the church walls are covered in blood due to wars. From there he also tells how the upper class tortured the working people, including children.
Analysis of the literary devices used in "London"
Literary devices are tools with which writers convey their emotions, ideas and topics in order to make texts more attractive to the reader do. William Blake used some literary means in this poem to portray the image of London in the early 18th century. The analysis of some of the literary means used in this poem is given below.

Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds on the same line. For example the sound of / e / in "In every voice: in every prohibition" .
Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant tones in the same For example the sound of / s / in "Sign of weakness, sign of suffering" .
Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant tones on the same line in rapid succession. For example, the sound of / s / in "And the hapless soldiers sigh."
Enjambment: Defined as a thought in verse that does not end in a line break; rather, go to the next line. For example,
"But on most midnight streets I hear
How the young harlots curse
Explosion of the newborns Tears
And wreck the marriage hearse with plagues."

things that engage your five senses. For example, "I wander down every authorized street", "How chimney sweeps cry" and "Blood runs on the palace walls."
Symbolism: Symbolism means using symbols to signify ideas and qualities, giving them symbolic meanings that are different from literal meanings. Here, "soldier's sigh" symbolizes the state of frustration, "chimney sweep" is the symbol of death, darkness and destruction and "curse of the harlot" symbolizes the pathetic life experiences of the prostitute .
Metaphor: It is a rhetorical figure in which an implicit comparison is made between objects of different nature. For example, "Wives forgiven by the mind that I hear" is a metaphor for the difficulties of people who work. ng in industries, which is equivalent to working in prison.
Anaphora: Refers to the repetition of a word or expression in the first part of some verses. The following lines express the pain of the repressed citizens under the upper class.
"In every cry of every man,
In every cry of fear of babies,
In every voice: in every prohibition".

Analysis of the poetic devices used in "London" and the literary devices are the same, but a few are used only in poetry. Here is the analysis of some of the poetic devices used in this poem.

Estanza: A stanza is a poetic form of some verses. There are four stanzas in this poem. , with four verses each in it.
Quatrain: A quartet is a four-line stanza taken from Persian poetry. Here, each stanza is a quartet like the first. the end.
End Rhyme: The ending rhyme is used to make the stanza melodious. For example, “cry / sigh”, “hear / tear” and “flow / blow”.
Quotations to Use
The following lines are useful in explaining the lives of people who lead lives of extreme misery and long for freedom from oppression.

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