Which line expresses the anger shown in London?

• A. The mind-forged manacles I hear
• B. I wander through each chartered street
• C. And the chimney-sweeper's cry
• D. In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear...

Answer: (D)

The anger in London is shown most powerfully when the speaker broadens the suffering to everyone, turning private pain into a public outcry. The line “In every cry of every man, In every infant’s cry of fear” uses repetition and parallel structure to stack voices—the cries of men and of babies—so the anger and distress feel universal and inescapable. It’s not just describing a scene; it’s an explicit, collective indictment of a society that wounds people from birth and onward. The urgency of “cry” carries protest as well as pain, and pairing adults with infants highlights how oppression touches all ages, intensifying the sense of righteous anger. The other lines show oppression—mental constraints, the enclosure of streets, a child’s labor—but they don’t fuse those images into the same powerful, all-encompassing roar of anger that reaches across the whole population.