以前上英美文学时写过这个的，把以前写的给你吧，希望对你有所帮助~ WilliamBlake-London Iwanderthrougheachcharteredstreet, NearwherethecharteredThamesdoesflow, AndmarkineveryfaceImeet Marksofweakness,marksofwoe. Ineverycryofeveryman, Ineveryinfant'scryoffear, Ineveryvoice,ineveryban, Themind-forgedmanaclesIhear. Howthechimney-sweeper'scry Everyblackeningchurchappals; Andthehaplesssoldier'ssigh Runsinblooddownpalacewalls. ButmostthroughmidnightstreetsIhear Howtheyouthfulharlot'scurse Blaststhenew-borninfant'stear, Andblightswithplaguesthemarriagehearse. WilliamBlake’spoem“London”,firstpublishedin1974,dealswiththedifficultandhardlifeinLondonatthattime.HedescribeshowdirtythestreetsandtheThamesisandhowthepoorpeoplesufferhopelesslyandhowtheyareindireneedofmoney..Hehascreatedadarkatmosphere,that’sdullandtiring. InthepoemthespeakerwandersthroughthestreetsofLondonandcommentsonhisobservations.Heseesdespairinthefacesofthepeoplehemeetsandhearsfearandrepressionintheirvoices.Thewoefulcryofthechimney-sweeperstandsasachastisementtotheChurch,andthebloodofasoldierstainstheouterwallsofthemonarch'sresidence.Thenighttimeholdsnothingmorepromising:thecursingofprostitutescorruptsthenewborninfantandsulliesthe"Marriagehearse." Themainideasin‘London’thatBlakeistryingtoputacrossarethatLondonisahorrible,grottyplace.HealsosuggeststhatthepeopleinLondonliveinfearandmisery.Thepoemhasfourquatrains,withalternatelinesrhyming.Repetitionisthemoststrikingformalfeatureofthepoem,anditservestoemphasizetheprevalenceofthehorrorsthespeakerdescribes.Forexample‘everycryofeveryman’.Thissuggeststhateveryoneisupsetandasaresultofthistheyarecryingandalsotherepetitionof‘every’reallyemphasiseseveryoneofLondon.Healsousesrepetitionof‘every’toemphasisetheideathateverymanofLondonissuffering.Therepetitionmayalsosymbolizethewayinwhichthingscanbeenforcedintopeoplesminds,repeatedlydoingthingsmaycausethemtobecomeahabit. ThelanguageBlakehasusedin‘London’ismainlynegative,becauseheusesdark,gloomyadjectives,suchas,‘blackening’.Thissuggestsadark,evilandcorruptscene.HedoesthistocreateanegativepictureofLondon.BlakeshowshisdisgustandhatredoftheLondonhelivedin.forexample,hementionstheidea‘Plague’forexample,’BlightsWithPlaguesthemarriage-hearse’.Thissuggeststhateventhehappiestthings,suchasmarriagearetarnishedwithdisease.Blakealsousesdarkimagerytocreateadarktoneofthepoem.Thereisalsoanexampleofjuxtapositionin‘London’whenBlakeput‘marriage’and‘hearse’together,suggestingmarriagethendeath.Theeffectofplacingasymbolofdeathnexttomarriage–ahappyeventissayingbasicallythathappiestthingsinlifearetarnishedbydisease,suchastheplague,causingdeath. Thepoem‘London’iswritteninfourstanzas.Thepoemusesan‘A,B,A,B’rhymingpattern,whichisrestrictedtothatbeat.Blakealsousesassonanceforexample‘flow’and‘woe’.Ithas14linesandiswritteniniambicpentameter.Blakeuseshisrhetoricalskillsofalliteration,imagery,andwordchoicetocreatehispoem,butmoreimportantlytoexpresstheemotionalsignificancethatisimplied.thecentralmetaphorofthispoem,the"mind-forg'dmanacles"ofthesecondstanza.Oncemoreavividsymbolexplainsadeephumantruth.TheimageoftheforgeappearsinTheTyger(stanza4).HereBlakeimaginesthemindasaforgewhere"manacles"aremade.Blakewritesironicallyof"thecharteredThames".The"weakness"andthe"woe"(astrongwordin1794;=misery)ofeverypersonisplaintosee"ineveryface",asintheircries,whetherofadultsorbabies(stanza2).the"hapless"(unfortunate)soldieristopical:thepoemwaswrittenshortlyafterthestartoftheFrenchRevolution:thiswassobloodyanuprisingthatthefigureofspeechcalledhyperbole(=exaggeration)wasoftenused,asbloodwassaidtoberunningdownthewalls. WilliamBlake'spoem,"London",isobviouslyasorrowfulpoem.InthefirsttwostanzaspointouttousthatLondonisrestrictedbyrulesandregulations.Blakeutilizesalliterationandwordchoicetosetthesadatmosphere.Blakeintroduceshisreadertothenarratorashe"wanders"throughthe"chartered"society.Asocietyinwhicheverypersonheseeshas"marksofweakness,marksofwoe."Blakerepeatedlyusestheword"every"and"cry"inthesecondstanzatosymbolizethedepressionthatcirclearoundtheentiresociety.The"mind-forgedmanacles"thenarratorhearssuggeststhatheisnotmentallystable. Inthethirdstanza,showsuswhoarerestrictingthepeopleofLondon,i.etheChurchTheSoldiersandthePalace/Monarch.Blakeutilizesimageryofdestructionandreligion.Thisimageryisaparadox,whichimpliessomereligiousdestructionliketheapocalypse.The"chimney-sweeper'scry"symbolizesthesocietytryingtocleantheashesthatcausestheirstateofdepression.Blakeusesthereligiousimageryofthe"black'ningchurch"torepresentthelossofinnocence,andthesociety'sabandonmentofreligion.Theuseofthesoldierscreatesanimageryofwar.The"haplesssoldier'ssigh"symbolizehowmenaredraftedintowarandhavenochoicebuttoservetheircountry.Asthesesoldiersunwillingmarchtothebeatofthecountry'sforcefuldrum,theyknowtheirliveswillbetaken,astheir"sighrunsinblooddownpalacewalls."Blakeusesthissenseofdestructiontoexplainhowpeopleareforcedtorepairthe"weakness"and"woe"oftheirsociety. Thefourthstanzaof"London"unravelsthecomplexmeaningofthepoem.The"youthfulharlot'scurse"symbolizeshowtheyouth'ssinfuldeedswilleffectthenextgeneration.Their"curse"causesthe"newborninfant'stear"whichexemplifieshowthenewgenerationwillhavetocorrectthemistakesofthepreviousgeneration.The"plagues"alsosymbolizesthiscurse,andthe"marriagehearse"createsaparadox,whichconfuseseternityanddeath. Thepoemclimaxesatthemomentwhenthecycleofmiseryrecommences,intheformofanewhumanbeingstartinglife:ababyisbornintopoverty,toacursing,prostitutemother.Sexualandmaritalunion--theplaceofpossibleregenerationandrebirth--aretaintedbytheblightofvenerealdisease.ThusBlake'sfinalimageisthe"Marriagehearse,"avehicleinwhichloveanddesirecombinewithdeathanddestruction. WilliamBlake's"London"isapoemaboutasocietythatistroubledbythemistakesofthegenerationbefore.Blakeusestherhetoricalcomponentsofimagery,alliteration,andwordchoicetoillustratethemeaningofthepoem.Whatexactlydoesthispoemmean?Blakecreatescomplexitybyusinghisrhetoricalskills,whichinturnopensupthepoemforpersonalinterpretation.