London

• mind forged manacles I hear
• Soldiers sigh
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• I hear
• Every- hyperbolic
• Marks of weakness marks of woe
• Marriage hearse
• Blasts the new born infants tear
• Marriage hearse
• Every blackening church appalls
• Regular stanza lengths emphasise a sense of control
• Cyclical structure- focus on the impact on people to portray the suffering as infinite
• “HEAR” Blake urges the government to listen
• ABAB rhyme scheme: resembles the consistent control and oppression
• London vs Ozymandias- political power