The Decontraction Analysis in London poem by William blake

Poem is one of the most unique literary works. because there is  a lot of meaning in every word. even unexpected meanings. one of those poems is from william blake. William Blake has many great poetry works. one of the poems is titled London. published in Songs of Experience in 1794. As the title suggests poetry tells of London at that time. how is the city of london. in the poem blake describes the city of london as a gloomy city.

So in this paper I will analysis London by William blake use deconstruction critism. .Deconstruction, form of philosophical and literary analysis, derived mainly from work begun in the 1960s by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida, that questions the fundamental conceptual distinctions, or “oppositions,” in Western philosophy through a close examination of the language and logic of philosophical and literary texts(www.britannica.com)

 The poem of this blake illustrates how the condition of the city of London, in the poem "London, blake shows how bad the city of London is and looks like a bleak city, a very sad city.

We can see on the first stanza, the speakers who are walking down the road, and near the road there is a charter'd thamnes, this thamnes is a river in London. he passed people who were marked, it can be seen when the speakers said

And mark in every face I meet

Marks of weakness, marks of woe.

He saw the faces of these people as a sign of weakness and sorrow, it was like describing how the people who lived there were weak people and people were miserable or suffering.

On the second stanza, the speakers, the speaker, looks like everyone is crying, and the baby cries in fear and he seems to hear every sound of the prohibition and handcuffs that have been released.

Depiction of how cruel life in London is also seen. When the speakers say

How the Chimney-sweepers cry

Every blackning Church appalls,

And the hapless Soldiers sigh

Runs in blood down Palace walls

We can see how the speakers describe the people who live there, the poor soldiers are resigned to the situation and the word "blood" might refer to the soldiers who lost in the battlefield.

In the last stanza he said that he often heard the harlot's young curse and the cry of a newborn baby. The words "harlot" means a woman who do prostitute. Perhaps the speakers would like to say how the gloomy conditions of London and many young women who do prostitute as a result many newborn babies without marriage

Deconstruction

This poem may not be talking about the ugliness of the city of London at that time, but it might be talking about how the superiority of London at that time, the word "charter'd" might mean as a charter, speakers also say about thamnes, in fact thamnes is a river which is in London and is an important river in London because it is the center of trade and transportation at that time. and became the main street in London. The superiority of the city of London is also seen when the writer says he sees everyone who is tagged. Marked this means people who are respected or from the upper classes. And the word weakness and woe may mean people who have power and luck. in the second stanza also explained how cheerful and sad people are, the word "cry" maybe means joy in everyone.