Analysing ideas of power and conflict in Blake's 'London'

Rigid structure of four quatrains written in octosyllabic lines mirrors the idea that people have no freedom in the city Blake conveys his social commentary through the dramatic monologue of a first person narrator Blake uses lots of repetition in the poem to show how deeply rooted the social issues that he describes are Blake uses juxtaposition to illustrate how easily innocence is lost in the city Blake uses metaphors to highlight the effect of the inaction of leaders and powerful institutions on the vulnerable