Ryan Campbell R. Campbell 1 Mrs. Hawkins ENG 3UI 7 May 2013 ’’Composed Upon Westminster Bridge’’ effective use of poetic devices explaining how William Wordsworth sees true beauty within nature In the poem ’’composed upon Westminster bridge’’‚ William Wordsworth illustrates and observes the calm early morning view he has from his special viewing point off Westminster Bridge. He has a unique way of describing it with simple language‚ reflecting in the simplest way his own personal first
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William Wordsworth was a leading figure in the Romantic movement and although many of his poems deal with rural themes Upon Westminster Bridge describes a very urban landscape. The poetWilliam Wordsworth was one of the major poets of the Romantic movement in Britain‚ and his poetry is generally focused on nature and man’s relationship with the natural environment. Many of his poems are focused on the landscapes of the Lake District‚ paying particular attention to the power of nature and the ordinary
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Mr.william Analysing “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” .....The poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” was written by William Wordsworth. Wordsworth was a famous Romantic poet. The poem is about the experience of crossing Westminster Bridge early in the morning and seeing the calmness and beauty of the city of London. The poem describes the city in a very positive way‚ communicating its power and ’splendour’. In this essay I will explore the ways in which Wordsworth uses language and other
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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 Westminster Bridge – Wordsworth Wordsworth’s poetry was generally typical of the romantic period‚ and although being a romantic poem‚ Composed Upon Westminster Bridge not only portrays the poet’s love for nature‚ but also his appreciation of the City of London. He makes it out that the city and nature cannot be separated; even a concrete jungle is beautiful as it is part of creation. The opening line to the poem‚ “earth has not anything to show more fair”‚ is a hyperbole which shows
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William Wordsworth growing up spending most of this time alone and almost always around nature‚ typically writes of how we are affecting nature. However in the poem Composed upon Westminster Bridge we see a different side of Wordsworth were he describes a city so still and peaceful the beauty is hard to pass unnoticed. Throughout Composed upon Westminster Bridge Wordsworth uses imagery‚ figures of speech and tone. This poem we see a new side to Wordsworth’s writing‚ Wordsworth uses imagery as
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and "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" In the poem "London‚" the author‚ William Blake‚ describes the misery of poor people in London‚ such as chimneysweepers‚ soldiers and harlots‚ to reveal the scene of exploitation and social injustice and to express his hatred of the city’s moral darkness with a melancholy tone. However‚ in "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge‚" William Wordsworth portrays‚ in a delighted and tranquil tone‚ the beauty and peace of a London’s morning seen from Westminster Bridge
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“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 streets. William Wordsworth’s
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge is an Italian sonnet written by William Wordsworth. The theme of this poem is that you can find beauty in anything; you may just have to look a little harder to find it. Wordsworth develops theme by using figures of speech‚ imagery‚ and tone. Firstly‚ Wordsworth develops theme by using figures of speech. “And all the mighty heart is lying still” (metonymy) is one of the lines he uses to develop theme. What Wordsworth is saying in the quote is that even though London
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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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