ve" (Blake, 1) as he used to be when little: "Where I used to play in the green" (Blake, 4) but, finds the church standing in his way: "A Chapel was built in the midst" (Blake, 3). Blake sees the church as an obstacle between men and God: "And the gates of this Chapel were shut/ And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door" (Blake, 5-6). Blake gives emphasis to the word "Thou shalt not" to indicate once more how oppressive the church is. He attacks the Priests because, instead of offering God's comfort as they were meant to do, they become like judges or police officers telling men what they can or cannot do:: "And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds/ And binding with briars my joys and desires" (Blake, 11- 12). Blake asks society to take a second look at the way the church treats them and to realize that God cannot found among oppressionists."London" is yet another one of Blake's poems used to expose the suffering of men. He speaks of the streets and the river as being bound to give a sense of men's predicament: "I wander thro' each charter'd street/Near where the charter'd Thames does flow" (Blake, 1-2) . More sense of human slavery is given when he reveals that the minds of men are trapped as they wander suffering through the streets by society-imposed chains:"...mind-forg'd manacles I hear" (Blake, 8). The pain is obvious to Blake and he wants society to take notice of it: ".....in every face I meet/mark of weakness, marks of woe [I see]" (Blake, 4) Church again is brought into the picture with its qualities of indifference: "....the Chimney-sweeper's cry/ Every blackning Church appalls" (Blake ,9-10). Because of prostitution, the blessings of marriage has turned into death and decay, giving yet more sense of despair: ".....the youthful Harlot's curse/...plagues the Marriage hearse" (Blake, 14&16). Blake is telling the people to wake up, look around them and take action against this kind of slavery.In co...
