Oppression In William Blake's London

The poem” London” written by William Blake, revealed how he viewed the capital city in the late 18th century. In the poem, Blake described the conditions that the residents lived in. Blake referred to the rivers and streets as being charter’d repetitively which is a word that emphasized the physical barrier citizens faced and described how the people of London faced oppression. For example, "I wander thro' each charter'd street/Near where the charter'd Thames does flow"; those lines in the poems was understood as the citizens being confines by a man- made street and the river. That implied that the streets and river were deliberately chosen. The word “charter’d” also expressed the mentality of the London residents as well as the physical structures of London. Blake’s view on urban life was that although London seen to be this ideal environment, there still existed violence, sorrow and wickedness and his poetry gave his audience a vivid representation of what the city was like during the time. In lines 5-8, Blake implied that oppression was a result of injustice. It is understood that Blake felt that London was society and culture that made it possible for oppression to occur. For example, in lines 9- 12, it basically stated that the citizens were held confined to by prisoner walls.
Blake feelings about London appears to be expressing that everything that is wrong with London seems to be just a result in physical and mental barriers placed on the citizens and it make the society seem