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    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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    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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    Fatima Adel 9f Mr.william Analysing “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” .....The poemComposed 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

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    Composed Upon Westminster Bridge – Wordsworth Wordsworth’s poetry was generally typical of the romantic period‚ and although being a romantic poemComposed 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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    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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    ¡®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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    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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    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 praises God for all the odd

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    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 a way to make us see and feel what he is as he looks over Westminster Bridge. He uses visual imagery to make us picture

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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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