LONDON  BY WILLIAM BLAKE
Channel: English Literature
Date: 2020-09-15

The poem “London” is a realistic depiction of the human pains, agonies & sufferings. This poem comes from Songs of Experience. William Blake observes suffering everywhere and finds that the human beings are shattered, exploited and oppressed at all the places in the capitalist society.  He presents the bleak picture in the city of London. "London" is a social satire. It is a commentary on the failure of human civilizations in creating the egalitarian society .