Blake saw himself in the line of the prophets railing against social abuses, including racism, child labor, and gender oppression. What both gives rise to these and keeps them in place? The central poem “London” provides the answer: the “mind’forged manacles.”
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By Michael Dolzani
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Blake saw himself in the line of the prophets railing against social abuses, including racism, child labor, and gender oppression. What both gives rise to these and keeps them in place? The central poem “London” provides the answer: the “mind’forged manacles.”