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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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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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 ‘Composed Upon
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within a single destructive society. William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge 3rd September 1802" is a ’momentary poem’ written when the coach on which he and his sister Dorothy were travelling to London to board a ship to Paris paused on the Westminster Bridge across the Thames. Wordsworth describes what he sees‚ thinks and feels on a specific day at a specific moment. Had September 3‚ 1802‚ been a dismal day of rain‚ fog or overcast skies‚ we would not have this lyric
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Essay on the Planners:- The Planners‚ a poem written by Boey Kim Cheng in Singapore.Boey Kim Cheng demonstrates this heartless modernization in his poem by using a constant perfect strait almost unnatural description of everything. The soullessness of Singapore is also portrayed in this poem by its perpetual effort to neglect and erase the past or any history of it‚ creating a facade of culture. This city is so soulless and synthetic that it’s not even considered part of nature. Boey Kim Cheng starts
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Done By: http://www.livetvee4u.blogspot.com/ This poem is all about the poets epiphany-like realisation about London’s beauty while crossing Westminster bridge. He opens the poem with a hyperbole‚ designed to grab the attention of the reader. He continues this with almost an accusation: “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by”. This is basically challenging the reader to read on‚ as he or she would be ‘dull of soul’. In the next line‚ the word “now” shows that it is not just this place‚ but
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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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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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Ruby Bridges was born on September 8‚ 1954 in Tylertown‚ Mississippi. At the age of four‚ she moved with her parents to New Orleans. When she was only six years old‚ her parents answered a call from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People‚ volunteering Ruby as a student to participate in the integration of the public school system in New Orleans. She is the first black child to attend William Frantz Elementary School‚ as well as the first African American child to go to
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Westminster Company: Jim Smith TLMT312 Public University Professor Williams February 19‚ 2012 Abstract The results of this paper center on the supply chain and logistical functions of an elite pharmaceutical organization in the United States. Westminster Company retains three separate companies‚ which produce and distribute individualized or differentiated commodities independently. This paper will discuss the changes being considered within their supply chain structure‚ which are‚ the
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