'Poems by Wordsworth and Blake'

'The city of capital of the United Kingdom has inspired many an(prenominal) poets throughout the ages: from Chaucers Pilgrims to Larkins The Whitsun Weddings. ii of the most typical portrayals are William Blakes capital of the United Kingdom (1794) and William Wordsworths serene upon Westminster couplet, Sept. 3, 1803. Blakes poem presents a bleak catch of capital of the United Kingdom in the late eighteenth century, a grimy picture of travel humanity. By contrast, Wordsworths make up upon Westminster bridge shows the city of capital of the United Kingdom as attractive and benign, not in any fashion threatening or corrupting. This essay explores how these 2 impressions of London enumerate on what pur positioning of London is existence examined. Blake wanders roughly London conceive its inhabitants and describing what he sees and hears; whereas Wordsworth remains electrostatic on Westminster pair admiring an early morning snapshot view of London part its inhabit ants are hypnoid: an unusual horizon of the city for him. It is to a greater extent usual for Wordsworth to freeze off cities in upgrade of the countryside and genius. In Lines pen a few Miles Above Tintern Abbey self-possessed in 1798, around five eld earlier than Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Wordsworth writes:\n\nI am still\nA lover of the meadows and the woods,\nAnd mountains; and of tot everyy that we behold\nFrom this colour earth; of both the mighty reality\nOf eye and ear, both(prenominal) what they half-create,\nAnd what perceive; substantially pleased to admit\nIn nature and the language of my purest thoughts, the nurse,\nThe guide, the shielder of my heart, and soul\nOf all my moral being. (lines 103-112)\n\n all the same when praising London in Composed upon Westminster Bridge Wordsworth claims [n]eer saw I, never felt, a tranquilize so lately (line 12). He sees the city as nonaggressive and calm, and this impacts on his admit cast of mind. Howev er, Wordsworth is viewing London from Westminster Bridge when the city is dormancy - without the chaos of chance(a) life around him. He is entirely admiring a face and doing so in unequivocal monetary value: in this em...'