Wordsworth´s “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” The poem‚ a Petricharan sonnet‚ “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” by William Wordsworth describes the view from Westminster Bridge in an early morning sunlight and represents the image even more the beauty of London city in a very positive and peaceful way. The speaker achieves to produce an image in the reader´s mind that is so clear‚ that the reader is able to picture himself on the Westminster Bridge. The following
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge Commentary The poem is a description of London in the morning and how he thinks it is really remarkable and eye-catching. In the first six lines he just describes it and how no body wouldn’t be moved by that marvelous scenery from Westminster Bridge; in lines nine through fourteen he compares the scene he saw to nature because natural scenes are always beautiful and “smokeless” (Not polluted) and he also said that the view he saw is even more beautiful than any
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Each aspect of nature holds a different meaning for Wordsworth. ’The beauty of morning; silent‚ bare’ (5:WB*) A main source of interest for Wordsworth is the absence of an unnatural presence‚ such as a city. In his sonnet‚ ’Composed upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802’‚ Wordsworth views London at the break of dawn‚ admiring the serenity and artistic impact of the scenery. ’A sight so touching in its majesty;’ (4:WB) He finds it an almost spiritual experience by simply observing the stillness
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1770 in the beautiful countryside of the north of England‚ Wordsworth often wrote of his deep love of nature and the countryside; in this sonnet‚ however‚ he recalls a moment when he and his sister Dorothy travelled to London and walked across Westminster Bridge in the early morning‚ before most people were awake. It is interesting that even when in the middle of England’s biggest city he still compares what he can see with the hills and valleys of his home countryside in the Lake District. The poem’s
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(this could be Blake). The person notices the terrible living conditions and suffering life of Londoners who live by the Thames. The use of detracting language (weakness‚ hapless) drives his feelings of sympathy for the people. "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802" however is full of praise for London‚ but does not describe the people of London as it is written in the morning before the city has awoken for a new day. It describes the landscape and architecture of London as "majestic‚ bright
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Poetry Essay- In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two poems. These two poems are called Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth and London by William Blake. Both poems are about London and are set in the late 1700’s / early 1800’s. The Structure of both poems are different‚ William Blake’s London Poem has 4 stanzas and an ABAB rhyming pattern. He also uses a lot of negative words such as rigid‚ harsh‚ aggressive tone. When Blake wrote his poem he must have been
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Nature has a dominant role in Wordsworth’s poetry especially in ‘There Was a Boy’ and ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’‚ because in both there is a connection between Man and his surroundings‚ Nature. In ‘There Was a Boy’ and ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’ Wordsworth expresses his love for nature in imaginative and creative way‚ for example ‘Uplifted‚ he‚ as through an instrument‚ Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls’. What Wordsworth was trying say is that he boy spoke to nature and it responded
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presents an interesting image‚ notably that of a ‘wound widening in the sky’‚ which personally makes me think of our ozone layer getting worn away by pollution‚ leaving the world at mercy. There is also here a discreet allusion to the poem Composed upon Westminster Bridge‚ the poem by William Wordsworth (Cheng’s poem is a response to this particular piece of work). ‘God is labouring to utter his last cry’ is‚ I find‚ the perfect ending to the poem‚ as it once again alludes to God himself struggling against
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Lines composed Upon Westminster Bridge 1. The poem is in the form of a Petrarchan sonnet. A Sonnet is a lyric poem consisting of a single stanza of 14 iambic pentameter lines linked by an intricate rhyme scheme. It is of two kinds: a) Italian or Petrarchan - falls in two parts - Octave rhyming abba abba followed by a sestet rhyming cdecde or cdccdc. It was first imitated by England both in stanza form and subject – by Milton‚ Wordsworth‚ Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. b) English or Shakespearean
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Composed Upon Westminister Bridge is a poetry composed by William Wordsworth‚ a main character whom the story of the poetry is narrated. In this narratie-styled poetry‚ Wordsworth is standing on the Westminister Bridge early in the morning and is describing the beauty of London‚ through his emotions regarding nature. Wordsworth is admiring the calmness and peacefulness of the morning. In‚ Composed Upon Westminister Bridge‚ the city of London is portrayed as "a garment wear in the very early morning
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