In “London” by William Blake, the author uses repetition to reveal the sad reality that the character in this poem is living. This poem starts as the main character walks through the street of London and sees sadness and despair on the faces of each person he crosses. In the next stanza the author writes: “ In every cry of Man, In every Infants cry of fear, In every voice: in every ban, The mind-forg’d manacles I hear”(Blake 66), the repetition seen in this stanza helps the author explain how everyone in the city of London seems to be living in misery. I also show a sense of oppression in…