completely different story , because , he sees london as a
masterpiece of gods creation , he doesnt actually say that in
the poem but that is what he is getting at , he doesnt really
take notice of the class system , he concentrates more on
london itself and how beautiful it is .
In stanza 1 also , Blake mentions the word's MARK and
MARKS several times , which is his way of suggesting that
the poor have lost their identity and dont really have a
purpose to live in London and/or they're not wanted , also
it connotes the repressive regime of the 1970's Romantic
period , and finally the words also have connotations of a
scar or wound , suggesting pain to the less wealthy people
of London..Unlike Blake , Wordsworth has not at all
concentrated on what the treatment of people was like in
London in the Romantic period , he has concentrated more
on her beauty , like in line 8 of his poem where he
says/writes 'All bright and glittering in the smokeless air' ,
this is Wordsworths way of suggesting positive
connotations of light which is a way of saying London is
not a dull place to be but a rather nice beautiful landmark in
Britain , also he suggests (not literally but he suggests this in
his words) that London is , shiny , new , dazzling which is
created by the beautiful sun rising up to shine upon London
and finally , when he mentions smokeless air , this suggests
that London is pollutionless , clear , clean , and its innocent
, which is also like saying that there is no bad stuff going on
in London , but that is not what Blake thinks..
In lines 5-7 Blake uses syntatical parallelism , which when
translated to english means repetition of the same structure
, this reinforces the idea that at this time , the repression of
the poor was on a mass scale . it also reflects the repetitive ,
monotonus routine of the poor in writing like this . Blake
reflects the idea that the poor had no escape from their lives
. They were trapped by a strict social hierarchy..
In line 8 , Blake uses the phrase Mind forged manacles ,
which suggests that the poor are being brainwashed by the
rich to think in a certain way , and also it is a metaphor for
the social and emotional imprisonment of the poor : in other
words they're trapped by their own poor status
On the other hand whilst Blake is complaining about the
rich being overpowerful , Wordsworth , continues to be
overwhelmed by the beauty of the London skyline , and in
lines 9-10 he makes the point of the huge Sun rising from
behind the rocks as manly ; this effect is put into place by
the fact that he uses the word 'His' to describe the Sun , it
could also mean that he thinks men are more powerfulo
than women , here he is being slightly like Blake but using
different comparisons . Wordsworth use of the words
Valley , Rock or Hill present more natural images and the
Romantic period was famous for natural experiences and
imagery ..
In lines 9-12 , in the poem London , Blake mentions mainly
yet more bad things about london (well he has throughout
the poem but .. ) like the Chimney sweeps cry and the
Hapless soldiers cry these represent the jobs the poor
people have to do and how they weep about doing them as
they are awful jobs to have to do.