Comparison between “London” by William Blake and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” by William Wordsworth The city of London has inspired many poets throughout the ages. Two of the most distinctive portrayals are William Blake’s “London” published in Songs of Experience in 1974 and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚ September 3‚ 1802” by William Wordsworth. While both Blake and Wordsworth comment on the conflict between appearance and reality‚ Blake shows the gloomy ugliness by taking down London’s
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the hell to all poetry. William Wordsworth and William Blake both denounced London’s new environment with their poems "London‚ 1802" and "London" respectively. Both authors were against this transformation of the city because it destroyed all beauty and happiness‚ both of which they were very fond of. But‚ their writings went about different ways of showing their feelings of dissent towards the mechanical lifestyle of London. In both poems‚ Blake and Wordsworth shared the idea that London was corrupted
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artistic measures will reveal the representation and interpretation of love and conflict in the minds of both writers as expressed in the text. I believe that Blake is very similar to Romeo. How? Easily moved by and consumed with emotion‚ the first line drips with so much vehemence towards the rose. ‘O Rose‚ thou art sick!’ Here‚ I believe that Blake is talking about his love why? And he tries to create a sense of Distress and sorrow by using the word ‘sick’. Expand. He achieves this by using the vocative
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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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is used for vegetation and ground cover· black and red are used for human featuressuch as roads‚ railways and buildings. CONTOURS LEGENDTopographic maps also use lines to help us locate places on a map. These lines are overprinted to form a grid. These grid lines are given as twodigit numbers that appear on the
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sentiment had an almost religious significance. They loved all extreme natural phenomena; high mountains‚ violent storms‚ torrential rivers‚ anything that had terrible beauty. There were two generation of romanticism the first generation are William Blake‚ William Wordsworth‚ P. Coleridge‚ Robert Burns. And the second generation is Shelley‚ Keats‚ and Byron. Wordsworth is the most famous of the romantic poets and his most productive years took only ten years although he had lived 80 years. He was a
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glowingly optimistic: "And all that mighty heart is lying still!" Blake’s poem deals with pain and misery of the inhabitants ("every Man") of London: "the new-born infant‚" "the chimney sweeper‚" "the hapless soldier" and "the youthful harlot." Blake reveals in a chilling and realistic manner the battered soul and psyche of a diseased metropolis whereas Wordsworth’s sonnet on the other hand is merely a beautiful description of the physical landmarks in London city at daybreak: "The beauty of the
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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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In my essay I’m going to be looking and comparing the two poems « view of a pig » by Ted Hughes and « Tiger! Tiger by » William Blake‚ I will be doing this by working out the two authors’ true interpretation of their selected animal‚ what they feel that animals outcome will be‚ the physical and mental behaviour the author feels the animals portray and the authors feelings about their animal. In “The view of the pig” Hughes describes the pig as an object so lifeless it seems like it never had a life
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Tim Blake Nelson’s film “O”‚ modernised the original Elizabethan play Othello into a 21st century American film to suite the values and society of the modern audiences. It becomes noticeable in the film that Hugo is always disconnected and shows his deceptiveness through manipulating Odin. Hugo’s family relationship highlights his jealousy for Odin as his own father‚ who is also the coach of the basketball team‚ devotes more time and shows only love for Odin rather than his own son. This is noticeable
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