 studying London. Here's how you can analyse this poem. In terms of structure this poem is written in four stanzas which are quaterines. The repetition of the word chartered which means controlled shows how the speaker believes everything in London was really restrictive. The repetition of the word marks as well as the caesura after weakness emphasises how miserable everyone in London was. The repetition of the onomatopoeia cry hair illustrates just how restrictive and difficult life in London was. Remember that William Blake was really critical of the industrial revolution and how it restricted workers. The alliteration of mind forged manacles is powerful. Manacles means chains and it's showing that people's minds were also in chains. The reference to the church and the palace shows that William Blake was criticizing the church and the monarchy who he saw as corrupt. Pathetic fallacy is used to create a dark hopeless feeling here. Youthful harlot means young prostitute and we can see in London her innocence was stolen. The oxymoron here illustrates that any promise of new life is destroyed in London.