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The Comparing of William Wordsworth's 'Upon Westminster Bridge' and William Blakes 'London' Each one of these poems reflects on different aspects of London. 'Upon Westminster Bridge', by William Wordsworth, describes the beauty and charm of the city; while the poem 'London', by William Blake, reflects on the crime and pverty within the city. William Wordsworth's 'Upon Westminster Bridge' is a sonnet with a very constant smooth flowing rhythm. Wordsworth often uses very soft sounds throughout the poem to emphasise his mood towards the city, such as when he says, 'The river glideth at his own sweet will', which gives us,the reader, a sense of freedom and calmness about the city.The poem begins by saying that London is the best thing that the earth has ever had to offer, and anyone who does not marvel at the site of London is unable to appreciate anything. In line three we get the image that London is so much higher abover everything when the poet says, 'A sight so touching in its majesty :' and that London is able to look upon eveything as inferior. In the next line the poet mentions the fog and mist when he says,
The writer also presents a sense of freedom within the city when he says, 'The river glideth at his own sweet will ' and also the fact that the poet mentions a lot of natural imagery, emphasises that feeling of freedom and that London is a clean and almost pure place. Each one of these poems reflects on different aspects of London. While ' London', by William Blake', reflects on the crime and corruption within the city and, generally, all the negative aspects of London. The rhythm in this poem is very slow, which emphasises the great depression which hangs in the atmosphere of the city. In the following stanza the writer describes the mood of the people when he says, 'In every cry of every man,' 'In every infants cry of fear,', this tells us that even though the infants do not understand what is happening around them, they still cry with fear, as do the adults. In the last line of the stanza when the writer says, 'The mind-forged manacles I hear', there is a suggestion here that the people are not entirely free and they are constantly being watched by somebody, and are also being opressed as though they were prisoners. The poet also uses some personifacation in line thirteen when he says, 'Dear God! the very houses seem asleep,' which makes the city sound as though it is living and growing constantly. This poem starts by saying that everyone in London is restricted , as though everything has been planned out for the people, which gves us the reader a feel of hopelessness and of no escape. The writer also repeats the word 'mark' three times in the space of two lines, this is because he is emphasising how depressing the city is, by using such a harsh sounding word. The poet then goes on to say that London is a place not just of buildings, but of green lush fields and clear blue sky, and the reader may feel that London is open to everyone when he says, 'Open unto the fields, and to the sky;'. In the penultimate stanza we instantly notice an acrostic of the word 'hear' which could be linked back to the last line in the previous verse. The writer then continues by describing the everyone he meets as miserable and weak due to the atmosphere of London, and also the reader may feel that he is unfriendly when the writer says, 'And mark in every face i meet,', here the writer is not actually meeting them but staring at them as they walk by. William Blakes 'London' shows a completely different attitude not just towards the city, but to the people as well. 'Upon Westminster Bridge',by William Wordsworth, tells us about the beauty and charm of the city ny using a lot of natural imagery and by useing such soft flowing sounds to create the effect of a peaceful city.
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