B5: Wordsworth

In his poem, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, William Wordsworth reveals his relationship with London by creating a poem from the Westminster Bridge overlooking various iconic landmarks that are calm and beautiful. The poem to begin is a Petrarchan Sonnet, which is a poem of fourteen lines […]

*Note before reading: from this view, Wordsworth would not have been looking at Big Ben because it would not have been built for another 32 years* Upon first reading William Wordsworth’s poem “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” you get an immediate idea of […]

Having read and discussed Wordsworth’s optimism in “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” in a previous blog post, I was intrigued to find a much more realistic view in “The Prelude.” His tone is much more critical of London, and I think that stems from the extended […]

I would like to focus first on the significant of Wordsworth’s language choice, formal choices, etc. Wordsworth’s poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” depicts the speaker’s view of London with the voice of a modern English man in a beloved style. The poem is a Petrarchan […]

In William Wordsworth’s poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” he paints a very romantic and almost fantastical image of London. Through this poem is it very clear to see Wordsworth loves London and finds a great deal of peace in the beauty of the city. He […]

In William Wordsworth’s poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” he describes a beautiful scene looking out onto the Westminster Bridge. His description is very specific to London, and would never be used to describe common American cities. Wordsworth starts off the poem by […]

Lines Composed Upon Westminster Abbey is a classic appraisal of the beauty of London by Wordsworth, but after reading Blake and interpreting Doré’s engravings, it is hard to read this poem separating Wordsworth’s perception from the others. Wordsworth writes of the beauty, the captivating, the glittering, […]

In “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”, William Wordsworth claims that the morning view of London while upon the bridge is one of the greatest things that the Earth has to shoe. He states that the “Earth has not anything to show more fair” which makes the […]

B5: Wordsworth’s Representation of London in “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth depicts a sleeping and arising London in the early morning. The narrator appears to be in awe of the city and the new nature the […]