- - In the poem 'London', Blake shows that oppression can not be defeated. Weakness and cursing which then leads to death play the dominant roles in the poem. Throughout the poem there are descriptions of woe and misery. Blake uses these to emphasize that poverty and neglect result in confusion, chaos, and turmoil. Weakness is one of the dilemmas, in which the poor find difficult to overcome. In the first stanza Blake says:                  ' I …showed first 75 words of 647 total…

…showed last 75 words of 647 total…and promise of a new start is instead associated with Death rather than Life. The mother becomes infected and the child is born blind. The marriage Hearse takes another family and goes out to seek another. The common man continues to be oppressed. The cycle goes round and round until someone intervenes, takes responsibility and puts a stop to condemning others. Until this happens society's problems cannot be solved and life will have no meaning.