For example, repeating “charter'd” (2,3) indicates the control the government has over elements of London such as the streets and even the river which was non-artificial . This repetition at the beginning of the poem sets the depressing tone for the rest of the poem. Another example is the word “cry”. Crying has the connotation of sadness and pain, which means it fits the tone well. The fact that this emotion appears three times in lines five, six, and nine emphasizes the feelings of the citizens of London. People want to be happy, so when every man, baby, and child cries, it puts the city as a whole into perspective. Families are not financially stable enough to force them to send their young children to work in the chimneys and men who are soldiers are forced to enforce the laws, which could mean the use of violence which in turn results in " blood down the palace walls" (12). . With life comes a range of emotions and it is sad when grief is a common feeling in a city, especially among children, which has the connotation of being happy, innocent and having no worries. This is one of the effects Blake's poetry has on his audience: feeling sorry for the citizens