<P> London is a poem by William Blake, published in Songs of Experience in 1794 . It is one of the few poems in Songs of Experience that does not have a corresponding poem in Songs of Innocence . These poems are aimed to show the "Two Contrary States of the Human Soul". The Songs of Innocence section contains poems which are positive in tone and celebrate love, childhood and nature . The Songs of Experience poems are obviously intended to provide a contrast, and illustrate the effects of modern life on people and nature . Dangerous industrial conditions, child labour, prostitution, and poverty are some of the topics Blake explores . Blake lived and worked in London, so he was well placed to write clearly about the conditions people who lived there faced . </P> <P> I wander thro' each charter'd street, </P> <P> Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, </P> <P> And mark in every face I meet, </P>

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