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- This poem was written based on the failure of the established Church to help children in London who were forced to work.Blake lived and worked in the capital, so was arguably well placed to write clearly about the conditions people who lived there faced.
- 18th C
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- Adjective/hyperbole - 'every' emphasises that everyone Blake meets is unhappy.
- Metaphor - 'Marks of weakness, marks of woe' expressions of sadness.
- Anaphora - 'In every' repetition of words or phrases at start of lines.
- Metaphor - 'mind-forg'd manacles' emphasise restrictions/ imprisoning the population.
- Present tense verbs - 'Chimney-sweeper's cry' repetition of sad emotions.
- Oxymoron - 'Marriage hearse' as marriage is dead/ no loyalty.
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