London - William Blake

'Hapless soldier's sigh' - Doesn't care, given up
ABAB rhyme sceme
'Chartered Thames' - Controlled, unnatural, even nature is controlled
'Black'ning church appalls' - Metaphor, evil, should be helping but not, pollution
'In every' - Rule of three, affects everyone, is everywhere
'Youthful harlot's curse' - Prostitute, problems
'Chartered' - Mapped out
'Chimney-sweeper's cry' - Child workers
4 regular stanzas - Contolled
'I' - First person
'Mind-forged manacles' - Made up, brainwashed, not really there, own enslavement, trapped by law, king, church, government
'Runs in blood down palace walls' - Don't care, not helping
'Blasts the new-born infants ear' - Metaphor, pass down misery and expectations, infected with disease
'Marriage hearse' - Oxymoron, metaphor, contrast, social control, religious control
'Marks of weakness, marks of woe' - Repetition, sad, unhappy, marked into us
'Mark in every face' - Affects everyone
'Plagues' - Disease, infection
'Every ban' - Told what to do, what they can and cannot do, controlled, rules

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	Created by Samira Choudhury over 7 years ago