A Wife In London and London Comparison


	A Wife In London and London Comparison
	Similarities Description of London being bleak and dull 'fog hangs thicker' and 'blackning Church' Melancholy, dark tone and atmosphere 'fog hangs thicker', 'his hand whom the worm now knows' and 'weakness', 'woe', 'cry', 'sigh', 'curse' Suffering 'page full of his hoped return', 'and of new love that they would learn' and 'woe', 'every man', 'every' Negative words 'fallen', 'fog' and 'weakness', 'woe', 'cry', 'sigh', 'curse' Poets are being critical	Differences WIL - use of onomatopoeia 'cracks', 'flashed' WIL - written in the 19th century L - written in the 18th century WIL - suffering of one person L - suffering of London and its people WIL - message is about the human cost of war L - message is about pollution, overcrowding and poverty
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Description of London being bleak and dull 'fog hangs thicker' and 'blackning Church'
Melancholy, dark tone and atmosphere 'fog hangs thicker', 'his hand whom the worm now knows' and 'weakness', 'woe', 'cry', 'sigh', 'curse'
Suffering 'page full of his hoped return', 'and of new love that they would learn' and 'woe', 'every man', 'every'
Negative words 'fallen', 'fog' and 'weakness', 'woe', 'cry', 'sigh', 'curse'
Poets are being critical

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