London
In °London± and °Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802,± the authors both have similar attitudes to the city of London but they express them in different ways. Even though they focus on different part-Blake focused on miserable people who are repressed by authority and Wordsworth criticizes the lack of vitality of the city itself- the dominant tone of both poems is pessimistic and criticizing. This is supported by their words such as °charter¯d± (line1 and 2), °the mind-forg¯d manacles± (line8) in °London± and °smokeless± (line8), °heart± (line14) in °Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.± However, whereas Blake expresses his ideas clearly, Wordsworth hides his real thoughts about London. °London± has a pessimistic attitude about London. Freedom is suppressed by authority in London. Blake uses the word °charter¯d± (line1 and 2) twice that means legally defined and constricted literally, we can assume that the authority controls the street of London, the Thames River and even people. Therefore he can see marked weakness and woe in
In contrast of Blake¯s poem, Wordsworth hides his real thoughts. It seems that poet admires the beauty of the city but actually he criticizes and blames industrialized city¯s lack of vitality by using some words such as smokeless and heart ironically. Furthermore, in his poem, Blake represents what he sees and hears as an observer of the city but Wordsworth expresses his own feeling intensively but ironically. As he repeats never several times,- °Never did sun more beautifully steep± (line9), °Ne¯er saw I, never felt± (line11)-he emphasizes his thoughts paradoxically. Thus he is involving deeply in the city while Blake displays his idea objectively. Though the poems have similar tone, the differences in method how they express make each distinct and individual. °London± dwells on the criticism of London, whereas Blake¯s poem criticizes the lack of vitality of London. Even though they have similar attitudes to London, they use different way to reveal their ideas. every face that he meets. In second stanza, he expresses his thoughts more clearly. °cry± (lin
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Approximate Word count = 718
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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