London is one of the oldest and most renowned cities in the world today. It has historical importance and is home to one of this world's earliest organized governments. Many people share very different or alike opinions about this city of the past. It seems to be either well liked or totally disliked by other societies in today's world. Numerous governments have foundations that mirror the British government and many people have followed their lead in life. Nevertheless, Britain and London have had their collapse and negative times also. William Wordsworth and William Blake depict their downbeat opinions of life in London in their two poems, London and London, 1802, through tone, theme and strong imagery.

Negative tone is created in both poems about London through strong diction and the attitude created. They use words like weakness, woe, cry, ban, appall, hapless, stagnant, inward happiness and selfish to create...