Question

How has Blake portrayed the condition of the children in the industrialized city of London in his poem London??

Answer 1

In this poem Blake has pointed to the problems of child labourers working as hawkers and peddlers in London.

The poets see London through different perspectives, sum up and compare these differences.

One question which could arise while reading the poems could be representations is more realistic for the time.

Answer 2

In one of his poems Blake actually portrays the condition of the children and how they are living in the industrialized city of London.

We get to see his perception of how desperate and bleak it is.

We see that the children along with all the adults are struggling to get by during the Industrial Age.