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,
             'This city now doth, like a garment, wear,'
             'The beauty of the morning; silent bare,' and he makes the fog and mist seem like the clothes people wear day in day out. This is also a suggestion that the city is always changing, in the way that people are alway changing their clothes.
             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;'. 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. The poet also uses some pers
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