Comparing William Wordsworths Composed Upon Westminster...

Compare and Contrast William Wordsworths Composed Upon Westminster Bridge and William Blakes London William Wordsworth and William Blake wrote poems about London, but they presented their views from different angles. Wordsworth sees the beauty in London and Blake sees only the ugliness. William Wordsworths Composed Upon Westminster Bridge gives a step-by-step look at the awe-inspiring beauty of a London sunrise, whereas William Blakes London shows the dreary ugliness of London life by taking a stroll down Londons streets. Composed Upon Westminster Bridge affects the reader with a sense of wonderment at the beauty that is created with a sunrise. London appears to be the most beautiful place on earth during a sunrise.†¦show more content†¦The sun is even personified with Never did the sun more beautifully steep! In his first splendor...(9,lO). Blake, on the other hand, fills his poem with connotations to reinforce his statement of the ugliness of life. The sense of bondage is evident in The mind-forged manacles ... (8) with the word manacles conjuring images of chains of bondage. The sense of unchanging drudgery is in the repeated use of the word chartered: each chartered street, / Near where the chartered Thames... (1,2) where chartered creates the image of an ordered and unchanging lay out of London. The use of the words blights and hearse in And blights with plagues the marriage hearse (16) has the reader envisioning the ugliness of disease and death. Both authors use the many aspects of imagery to enhance their poems. Wordsworth brings about a very visual sight of the sunrise with A sight so touching in its majesty (3) and causes the reader to pause and wonder at the magnitude of the upcoming beauty. All bright and glittering in the smokeless air (8) has the reader seeing a clear bright picture with no haze. He causes the reader to feel a moment of wonder at the beauty of the emptiness and silence of morning with the beauty of the morning; silent, bare, (5) and a sense of peace with Neer saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! (11) and... theShow MoreRelatedEssay on Compare London and Composed upon Westminster Bridge2519 Words   |  11 PagesCompare London by William Blake and Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd 1802 by William Wordsworth. As a part of my coursework for GCSE English, I will be comparing two poems written about London in nineteenth century. The two poems I have chosen to write about are: London by William Blake and Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd 1802 by William Wordsworth. Both poems give their own, different accounts of London at around the same period. One is written with aRead MoreComparing the Poets Use of Language To Present Their View of London in Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by Wordsworth and London by Blake1571 Words   |  7 PagesComparing the Poets Use of Language To Present Their View of London in Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by Wordsworth and London by Blake London was, is and undoubtedly always will be, a city of enormous interest and controversy, especially for those employed in the field of writing. The two poems, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, 1802, by William Wordsworth and London, 1794, by William Blake, demonstrate this through their opposing views. The intention of both WilliamRead MoreWilliam Blake And William Wordsworth1099 Words   |  5 Pagesindividual uniqueness. In particular, English Romantic poets had a strong connection with mythology and nature; among those poets are William Blake and William Wordsworth. Although Blake was a contemporary of the era, he had a little in common with Wordsworth. Religion is the focus of Blake’s visionary works, which does not exist in any other Romantic poetry. William Blake uses satire in most of his work to criticize the corrupting influence of religion on imagination. For Wordsworth, nature was like