Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 🌉 Flashcards
Why is the title date important
He wants to document and remember the moment in time, early hours of the morning
PowerPoint of nature and fleeting nature og life and the moments that ms,e up a human life
Earth has not anything to show more fair
Earth
Proud to show off the cities beauty
Nothing more beautiful-nature has nothing more impressive to offer
Not anything to show
Hyperbole
Like a garment
Simile
Manmade
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
Industry + man’s achievements
Contrast between nature and Manmade
Nature and structures live in harmony
Manmade structures are grateful to nature
Never saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Exclamation mark (hyperbole, expressive passionate, outburst of appreciation = romantic trait)
), caesura, comma, repetition emphasise the emotional expression and slows pace
Smokeless air
Early morning before factory workers arrive
The river glideth at its own free will
Personification I love u Amber
True river is free to do what it wants
Romantic idea
very houses seem alseep
Innocence
Mighty heart
Personification to match like a garment
Structure
14 lines
Sonnet
Love poem
Romantics
Love for nature expressing how industry can coincide with nature
Message (3)
Nauture VS. Civilisation
Separate yet unified
Nature is not encumbered by civilisation
Presents an
Idyllic view of London
Wordsworth message
Wordsworth feels ambivalent, the beauty of the city is fleeting because society corrupts it.
Tone
Positive hopeful,
