Composed upon Westminster Bridge
- Created by: HannahCopner
- Created on: 07-05-18 20:14
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- Composed upon Westminster Bridge
- What Happens?
- Depicts beauty and tranquility
- London morning, very early
- Written on Westminster bridge
- Meaning
- In awe of London as city sleeps
- Reflects on beauty of London without normal bust + chaos of normal urban environment
- Key Quotations
- 'Earth has not anything to show more fair'
- 'Like a garment wear the beauty of the morning'
- 'And all that mighty heart is lying still'
- Structure and Form
- Petrachan sonnet
- Volta at start of the sestet
- Regular rhyme scheme
- Iambic pentameter, reflects peace + tranquillity of moment
- Context
- Romantic poet usually writing about nature
- Crossing bridge with sister very early one morning
- Industrial revelation - state of cities
- William Wordsworth
- 1802
- Language
- Spondee of final line
- Word choice - peace and calm
- Awe and wonder
- Hyperbole of descriptions
- Personification of the city
- What Happens?
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