London

Question 1

London

I _______ through each ______ street,
Near where the _______ _________ does flow,

Answer 1

I wander through each chartered street,
Near where the chartered Thames does flow,

Nature controlled by land. Personal pronoun. Normal. Walked like every other day. Effortless water flow.

Question 2

London

The ____-______ manacles I hear.

Answer 2

The mind-forged manacles I hear.

Trapped by thoughts and attitudes. Hears distressing noise hellish experience. Industrial revelation. Alliteration. Metaphor not really chained.

Question 3

London

And ______ with _______ the _________ hearse.

Answer 3

And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.

Oxymoron. Everything has been destroyed. Illness disease. Destruction implied. Uncontrollable and destined to affect lots of people.

Question 4

London

How the __________ harlot’s _______
Blasts the ____ _______ infant’s tear,

Answer 4

How the youthful harlot’s curse
Blasts the new born infant’s tear,

Swearing or curse on London. Innocence of new born lost immediately society damages people. Innocence of youth and sordidness of prostitution.

Question 5

London

And the _______ solider’s _____
______ in _____ down __________ walls.

Answer 5

And the haps the soldiers sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls.

French revelation. Ordinary people suffer while the royal are protected. Innocence. Sibilance. Symbolic metaphor sacrifice to protect the monarch.