Born in 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
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Poetry Analysis of ’Pied Beauty’ and ’Composed Upon Wesminster Bridge’ Pied Beauty by Gerald Manley Hopkins and the Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth‚ both show the beauty of life and the world around us. The only difference is that the petrarchan Sonnet written by Wordsworth is thanking God for the beauty of nature’s landscapes and talking about the beautiful morning in London during the industrial revolution. The reduced version of a petrarchan Sonnet by Hopkins
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about London’s beauty while crossing Westminster bridge. He opens the poem with a hyperbole‚ designed to grab the attention of the reader. He continues this with almost an accusation: “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by”. This is basically challenging the reader to read on‚ as he or she would be ‘dull of soul’. In the next line‚ the word “now” shows that it is not just this place‚ but this time that adds to the atmosphere. This is supported where Wordsworth describes the beauty of the morning
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William Wordsworth (1770-1850) and William Blake (1757-1827) were both romantic poets. Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th Century. Blake and Wordsworth tended to write about the same things such as nature‚ people and structures‚ such as cities like London. Emotions also played a big part in romantic poems. Often poets would be inspired by a simple view and would write a masterpiece about it. For example‚ Wordsworth lived in the Lake District for
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Essay #1: A Close Reading of William 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
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William Blake’s (1757-1827) "London" written in 1792 is a devastating portrait of a society in which all souls and bodies were trapped‚ exploited and infected.The poem is a devastating and concise political analysis‚ delivered with passionate anger‚ revealing the complex connections between patterns of ownership and the ruling ideology‚ the way all human relations are inescapably bound together within a single destructive society. William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) sonnet "Composed upon Westminster
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Essay question on the comparison between two poems by Wordsworth Q. Compare and contrast how Wordsworth depicts nature in ‘The Daffodils’ and ‘Sonnet : Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’. (2-3 pages) The question asks you to compare how Wordsworth illuminates and expresses nature in the two poems written by him‚ ‘The Daffodils’ and ‘Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’. There are some similarities and differences in the two poems‚ and these create different atmosphere even though both poems
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differences between the two poems ’London’ by William Blake and ’Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’ by William Wordsworth. It will focus upon their structures‚ content and poetic features. Finally‚ I will come to my own conclusion to which poem is most effective and how it is achieved. The two poems were written at very different times of the day and also in history‚ which may be one of the main reasons why there is such a contrast between them. William Blake wrote ’London’ during the Industrial Revolution
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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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¡®Composed Upon Westminster Bridge¡¯ and ¡®God¡¯s Grandeur¡¯ are both traditional poems written in the romantic era which looks upon changes that need to happen and looks away from those to the places which haven¡¯t been affected by the misery of the world. ¡®Composed Upon Westminster Bridge¡¯ is a typical romantic sonnet expressing Wordsworth¡¯s love for the beauty and amazement of London. This is in much contrast to ¡®God¡¯s Grandeur¡¯ in which Hopkins expresses his feelings towards the beauty
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