How do Wordsworth and Blake use Language to convey their two different views about London in "Composed Upon Westminster Bridge," and "London"?
             Both of these poems were written at around the turn of the nineteenth century to illustrate the authors' views on the city of London. At this time, the industrial revolution was underway and some people were living in very poor conditions sue to vast growth in the population. Blake writes about the negative side to London, whereas Wordsworth creates a Positive image of the city. Wordsworth and Blake use language in many different ways to describe the city of London. Both authors use structure to emphasis words within the poems. William Blakes 'London' is written in four, four line stanzas. Each line of each verse has the same number of syllables; this creates a kind of mechanical effect when reading the poem. It also uses alternate line rhyming which emphasises the last word of each line and the poem's repetitive rhythm and structure creates a monotonous effect which would be mirroring the lives of the people in London that he is talking about. Each verse of the poem talks about a different aspect of London that William Blake disliked, he clearly found it a very unpleasant place to be. Wordsworth's poem was written as an Italian sonnet, which are normally associated with love which could be portraying the love he felt for the city. The poem is also written in the form of an iambic pentameter which means it has ten syllables per line, this gives the poem a rhythm similar to that of a heartbeat. When entwined with Wordsworth referring to London as the 'Mighty heart' it all adds to his idea of London being the heart of England.
             Blake grew up in the city of London, he knew what city life was like, on the other hand, Wordsworth grew up in Cumberland, Cumbria which is in the countryside, two very different backgrounds which greatly effect the way they write about London. Because Blake had grown...