london

• 'i wander thro'


  first person journey walking through london
• 'charter'd streets'


  repetition of charter'd suggests london is owned and people have been robbed of their rights
• 'thames does flow'


  even natural things don't have freedom
• 'marks of weakness, marks of woe'


  repetition of marks emphasises physical and mental scarring
• 'in every cry of every man'


  repetition of every suggests the enormity of poverty and the true scale of the people affected
• 'in every voice'


  auditory imagery suggests he wants to give them a voice
• 'in every ban'


  society controlling anything and everything
• 'mind forg'd manacles'


  metaphor shows Blake sees london oppressing its residents
• 'blackning church'


  church is meant to help people, emphasises corruption and hypocricy
• 'blood down palace walls'


  blaming the state for the poverty
• 'blights with plagues'


  suggests everything good is destroyed, implies decay
• 'marriage hearse'


  cycle of purity being damaged, suggests marriage is tying yourself into society, and almost asking to die