This essay will consider the similarities and 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
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ways in which William Wordsworth presents London in ‘Upon Westminster Bridge’ with William Blake’s view of London in his poem ‘London’ Many people see London in different perspectives‚ both positive and negative in both poetry and prose. William Wordsworth and William Blake are two poets which expressed their views and opinions in many contrasting ways about London through poems and prose. The two poets discovered London and valued it in assorted ways. William Wordsworth was a tourist who went
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No matter how much two individuals are alike‚ there are always traits that separate one from the other. In Mary Shelley’s novel "Frankenstein"‚ Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton are both seekers of knowledge who are determined to succeed. However‚ while Walton is able to risk everything‚ Frankenstein soon realizes his errors in his frenzied obsession with discovery. The novel begins with Robert Walton’s caring letters to his sister Margaret. Walton bids farewell to his "dear‚ excellent Margaret(9)"
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Using the work of EITHER Wordsworth or Coleridge‚ show how Romanticism constituted a radical break with the techniques and subject matter of what had gone before. Wordsworth was the beginning of a new genre of writing. In the late18th century a lot of society and writing focussed around order and reason‚ however Wordsworth romantic and naturalistic writing created a tremendous break through. With the joint efforts and collaboration with Samuel Coleridge he published ‘Lyrical Ballads’ which helped
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the Intertextual Elements of the Motif of Nature‚ and the Symbol of Light as seen in George Elliot’s novel Silas Marner‚ and William Wordsworth poem Michael‚ a Pastoral Poem. It is apparent in reading Silas Marner that the writing of William Wordsworth had a strong impact on George Elliot. This novel shares many similarities with the poem Michael by Wordsworth. Both works share an ordinary simple working man as a protagonist‚ both works take place in an idyllic countryside setting‚ and both
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How successfully do Walton’s letters introduce the central themes and concerns of the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley? Walton is a sailor looking for a paradise. He believes that it exists on the north pole‚ even though most people would strongly disagree with this hypothesis. There are many similarities between his character and that of Victor Frankenstein‚ helping introduce the central themes and concerns to the novel. Walton’s letters to his sister are the frame of the story. Even the
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Throughout Wordsworth poems‚ “my heart leaps for joy and” I wandered as lonely as a cloud” he displays a very deep‚ spiritual and emotional connection with nature. The poems are focused on the natural beauty of the ‘rainbow’ and ‘daffodils’. In both poems he reveals a personal affinity with nature. This is evident through the interplay of poetic techniques throughout both poems. Living most of his life in rural England‚ Wordsworth was very much against the Industrialisation and the French Revolution
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explore paragraphs 8‚ 9 and 11 to interpret what Wordsworth might have meant by this quote. The use of ’fostered’ creates the impression of a parent or guardian‚ and with such a high regard for nature I wonder whether this quote is aimed at her and her so called actions that only Wordsworth seems to feel and encounter. Episode 8 begins with the lines; he seems at one with where he used to live in ’that beloved Vale’ and the cold language Wordsworth includes such as ’frost’‚ ’the breath of frosty
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Intorduction Mary Shelley was brought up in radical surroundings. Throughout her life she was dominated by writers and poets. She had a very intellectual and opinionated family; her mother was a campaigner for women’s equal rights and her father was a political free thinker. Chapter 5 reveals that Mary Shelley has overturned the usual gothic conventions. She uses violent thunder storms to create an eerie‚ tense and ghostly atmosphere. The storm in chapter 5 is undramatic‚ it lacks violence and
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SIMILAR AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY IN “LONDON” BY WILLIAM BLAKE‚ COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE‚ SEPTEMBER 3‚ 1802” BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH‚ AND IN “IMPRESSION DU MATIN” BY OSCAR WILDE \ The image of the city appears in the literature of all cultural periods‚ but it often varies depending on historical context‚ prevailing ideas and the personal style of the author. City images dominate in the periods of Romantic and Decadent‚ however‚ the authors`
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