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Near where the charter’d Thames does flow. The poem London reveals William Blake’s true thoughts about the society in which he lived. i really appreciate your hard work it helps me alot to understand. The speaker then turns his attentions to the “hapless soldier”. prostitutes cursing and blaming their new-born infant children and their tears (disease or pain).

Perhaps she was assuming based on the content of the poem?

The children born of these prostitutes were abandoned as they (prostitutes) could not afford to feed them. And this stanza sums up the whole cycle which was going on in London.
I’m not sure I agree, Blake is clearly trying to paint a picture with his words.

In the final stanza, the poet talks about another important section of poor class i.e.

The soldier is described as hapless and not patriotic or brave which shows that the poet is talking about their problems as humans.

Because of poverty and harsh conditions, the infants were not welcomed by them and hence they were cursed by these young women. Unfortunately the writer of this article is no longer with poem analysis. Their innocence is “blasted”  by the cry of the perverted. The penalty for this was severe, and Blake was distraught over the issue until he was finally acquitted. While lots of Blake's speakers are kids, this one is most likely an adult male (and we're just assuming that since Blake was also a dude), a dude that is really unhappy with the state of things Lon... London: around 1794—that's the short answer to the question of where this poem takes place. And by all over, we mean all over. The Harlot, apparently, has “blighted” the “marriage hearse”. Often having something simplified is all you need to access a poem.
After growing up the girls (from chimney sweepers) had to adopt prostitution and the cycle goes on. She has deranged marriage by having sold her body before ever entering into the marriage union. We respect your privacy and take protecting it seriously. These children were often orphaned children, and the church was responsible for them. And with this came sexually transmitted diseases which were inherited by their children. He reveals his feelings toward war by describing the blood that runs down the palace walls. While fighting, they get wounded and blood oozes out of their bodies. Men cry because of poverty, bad living conditions, restrictions, exploitation, etc. She curses at the tears of a newborn baby.

Wander is thus a pun.

After the industrial revolution, prostitution was the only option for poor women to feed their families. It is a poet not an author. The setting can of course be derived from the title,  but the first stanza also reveals that the speaker is walking down a street. Note that the poet uses cries instead of protests because the poor, the infants and all the underprivileged lack education and cannot protest again the system.

Thanks. They fall ill and die. Well, if that's the short answer, what's the long(er) answer? Usually I would delete this as it is clearly spam, but I was meant to bring balance to the comments on this page, not leave them in tatters.

A ban, of course, is a restriction given by law. The words of this poem condemn every kind of organized religion and government while it reveals the human heart’s longing for freedom. The street here means the land and Thames means water. This sets up the tone as melancholy. the prostitutes. The revolt was in the form of cries. While the first stanza sets up the tone of London, the second stanza gives some insight into the speaker’s melancholy feelings toward the people he watches pass him by.

In simple words, here it means something which is restricted. Don’t be so aggressive, may I suggest anger management. Then, things become even more interesting, as the speaker reveals the object of the Harlot’s cursing. You've been inactive for a while, logging you out in a few seconds... For the most part, "London" is written in iambic tetrameter.

Then, the speaker criticizes the church, calling it “blackening” and claiming that even the church “appalls” at the the Chimney sweeper. "London" is a... We're curious if Blake ever hallucinated. He says that he hears the “youthful Harlot’s curse…”. This gives insight into his despairing view of mankind. Although the speaker believes that the Harlot has somehow damaged marriage, he also reveals his beliefs about marriage in the first place. Blake was a nonconformist who associated with some of the leading radical thinkers of his day, such as Thomas Paine and Mary Wollstonecraft. According to the poet, the cries of chimney sweepers (orphans and abandoned children) appalled (revolt) against the blackning Church.

Midnight streets here metaphorically refers to prostitution which happens in the night.

Isn’t it talking about the men who had perhaps been to the harlots before they married and were now just about to infect their poor wives? The login page will open in a new tab. Very well spotted! many regards. In the first stanza, the speaker provides setting and, While the first stanza sets up the tone of, Introduction to the Songs of Innocence by William Blake, Song: How sweet I roam’d from field to field by William Blake, The Chimney Sweeper: When my mother died I was very young by William Blake. The “manacles” are shackles or some kind of chain that keeps a person imprisoned. thanks

(Source. There's no place for sex in a poem that's about poverty, death, chimney sweeping, blood, figurative and literal slavery, etc. This poem, London, reveals the William Blake’s feelings toward the society that he lived in. Moreover, this prostitution blighted (here it means destroyed) with plagues (diseases of adultery) the Marriage hearse (funeral) i.e. Industrial Revolution lead to population explosion in cities, drastic migration of people from rural areas to urban areas, wars, poverty, etc. The poet finds these deep sufferings among the poor class by listening to their cries and watching them being restricted in streets and water. I think this is a great example of using powerful metaphors to convey tone. There is no freedom in accessing or using them. The third stanza is very important in relation to the main idea of the poet. But please keep those eyes peeled for any errors. cries, the poet finds mind-forged manacles. I’m from France where I study English civilisation and literature. They are few and they are scoffed at.

“She haS always enjoyed writing…” instead of “have”! They are commanded by the rulers, sitting in the palaces, to fight in the war.

It's just called "London."

You must have the eyesight of an eagle! They lack parental love and proper nutrition.

They just cry like child because they don’t know how to raise their voices.

In the next two lines, the poet describes the exploitation of soldiers by the rulers. Thank you! Please log in again. Let us try to understand each phrase. The use of the term “chartered” also suggests that the streets he walks are controlled and rigid. The poem describes a walk through London, which is presented as a pained, oppressive, and impoverished city in which all the speaker can find is misery.

The poet hears the youthful Harlots i.e. During the times of Blake, the Church would use to make the orphans work in the chimneys because they were small in size and could go into the chimneys. We will discuss that after understanding it first.

I don’t know but I have a feeling that the three sixes that I have tattooed on my head is a factor.