London Innocence Quotes

The anaphora here ("In every"… "In every"… "In every") paints a bleak picture. Everybody is enslaved by "mind-forg'd manacles," which is to say nobody is innocent anywhere. They are all enslaved to something: experience, pain, sorrow—you name it.

Chimney sweeps were children. Because of their job, they were very dirty, or "black," which is associated with everything but innocence. Yeah, sure, they're not described as covered in soot, but come on, we get the message, right?

Blood on the walls might as well read "blood on their hands." The Palace is, by no means, innocent of bloodshed in the world of "London."