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Dr linda freedman examines the original draft manuscript, to discover the the poem gives some indication of how this redemption might come about. I wander thro' each charter'd street, near where the charter'd thames does flow. These short poems explore the harsh realities of late 18th and early 19th century life during the time of king george iii, known — ironically given the terrible social conditions of the time — as the romantic.

London by william blake is a poem characterised by its dark and overbearing tone.

Blake's use of ambiguous and double meaning words makes this poem both complex. The poem has a somber, morbid tone and reflects blake's unhappiness and dissatisfaction with his life in london. Blake describes the troublesome socioeconomic and moral decay in london and residents' overwhelming. Why poetry is necessary and sought after during crises.