The first poem is called‚ "Spring‚" by Edna St. Vincent Millay and the second poem is called‚ "The Sick Rose‚" by William Blake. The two poems are similar in the way that the personas express their feelings towards life. Beauty‚ the seasons of life‚ and the meaning of life are the focuses of both poems. What is the meaning of life?: a question that has been asked since the beginning of mankind. This question is asked in the beginning of "Spring". The narrator of the poem seems really depressed because
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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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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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zenith university college | MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT | | LEVE 400‚ SEMESTER ONE | 2/23/2013 | Carefully analyze Likert’s Participative Management style and Blake and Mouton’s Grid‚ bringing out why the two were key aspects of the Human Relations approach | LIKERT’S PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT STYLE Likert outlined four systems of management to describe the relationship‚ involvement and roles of managers and subordinates in industrial settings. The management systems
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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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Holy Thursday was the first Thursday in May where there was a service every year for the charity schools of London; they may have been attended by as many as 6000 children. In Innocence the poem conveys the innocence of the children but can however be about the irony of the service and the fact that the poverty is present. the reference to ‘lambs’ and repetition of ‘multitudes’ emphasises the number of children and perhaps the extent of the poverty‚ the lambs could also be interpreted as a sacrificial
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