1. I wander through each street.... And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. (658)
2. My Guess: The setting of the poem is in London, and the author start off with description of its busy street and the people on the street. I guess Woe has something do to with weakness, and it perhaps means tired or worried.
3. Dictionary: grievous distress, affliction, or trouble. (Dictionary.com)
4. In general, people live in the big city have more stress compare to people live and work in the country side. And in here, "marks of woe" describes the sadness and the suffering of the city lives.
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