TABLE OF CONTENTS

● Acknowledgements

● Abstract

● Chapter 1: An Overview of Wordsworth’s Life and works

● Chapter 2: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

2.1 Historical Context

2.2 Summary

2.3 Form and Structure

2.4 Themes

2.5 Poetic Devices

● Chapter 3: Conclusion

● Works Cited
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Chapter 1

An Overview of Wordsworth’s Life and works

Fig 1.1 William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland. Numerous of his

poems were inspired by the dramatic landscape of the district, and his work did much to change

public perceptions of that part of England.

His sister Dorothy was born in 1771, she was his lifelong companion. Because of the early

deaths of his parents, Wordsworth and his sister were looked after by relatives. In 1787 and 1790

William studied at Cambridge, spending holiday walking across the lakes and trekking through

revolutionary France to the Alps. William and Dorothy set up home together in the west country.

There he met Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with whom Wordsworth published Lyrical Ballads in
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1798. Wordsworth started the romantic movement in England and was a prominent leader of this

movement. In the initial phase, he supported the French revolution but gradually his liberalism

decreased. In 1795, he met S.T Coleridge and the meetings were beneficial to both of them. They

together wrote Lyrical Ballads in 1798 and it marked the beginning of the romantic movement in

England. At Coleridge’s urge, Wordsworth in 1800, published the second edition of the book, he

explained the guiding principles of this new movement in a preface. Additionally, to many lyrics,

he wrote The Prelude, a kind of spiritual autobiography, as its subtitle indicates The Growth of a

poet's Mind. As the title suggests, The Prelude is the first of the three-part poem Recluse. In

1814, the second part was published titled Excursions, but the third was never written.

Wordsworth is known more for shorter poems such as Tintern Abbey and Immortality ode than

for his longer and more ambitious works. Tintern Abbey describes three stages in the

development of the poet's love of nature; sensuous animal passion, moral influence and mystical

communion. His poem Lucy is also popular. Wordsworth attributes the intelligence and majesty

of a child to an unconscious memory of a past life, in Ode on Intimations of Immortality.

Resolution and independence” is yet another memorable poem. Wordsworth influenced modern

thinking on the natural goodness of childhood, the moral value of simple living, and the

inspirational and curative power of nature. Wordsworth appears to have tried to implement

“simple living and high thinking” in both his life and work theory. In 1799, Wordsworth and

Dorothy returned to the lake district and settled at Dove cottage in Grasmere, Southey and

Coleridge lived close by. In 1802 was able to marry Mary Hutchinson by paying off large debts

owed to his father. Grasmere's life inspired some of his greatest Poems, including I wandered

Lonely as a Cloud and Ode on Intimations of Immortality, as well as the prose work a description
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of the scenery of the lake in the North of England (1822). Wordsworth moved to Riddle Mount,

Ambleside. In 1813, he continued to write poetry, including the Excursions in 1814 and The

River Duddon in 1820, but the conservatism of his later work angered radical friends.

Wordsworth died on 23 April 1840 and was buried in Grasmere churchyard. His great

autobiography poem, The Prelude, on which he had worked since 1798, was published shortly

after his death.

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Chapter 2
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802- William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth is a prominent leader of the Romantic Movement in England. He was a

Nature lover, interested in the natural beauty of nature rather than human nature. He wrote many

poems about nature and its beauty, one of them is Composed upon Westminster Bridge,

September 3, 1802. It is a sonnet, composed between July 31 and September 3, 1807, and was

first published in Poems in Two Volumes in 1807.

2.1 Historical Context

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 is about the beautiful bridge which is

located in London, and the famous river Thames which flows under that bridge. It is linked

between Westminster in the west and Lambeth in the east. In the poem Wordsworth described

London and River Thames, a beautiful and peaceful view they observed from the Westminster

bridge during the early morning, before people start their daily life activities. The poem was

inspired by Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy's visit to London while he was visiting France

with his sister Dorothy. The pair were on their way to Calais where they were to meet William's

illegitimate daughter Caroline for the first time. At dawn they boarded a coach from Charing to

go to Dover. In her journal, Dorothy mentioned crossing Westminster bridge as nothing beats the

beauty of London: ‘there was something like the sacredness of his grand view of nature.

Wordsworth expressed this sentiment in his sonnet, and completed it on his return journey in

September. The speaker celebrated the beautiful, ‘sleeping’ city, using the art of personification.
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Fig 1.2 Westminster bridge in 1802

The industrial revolution took place in Great Britain around this time. Thus, the growth of

manufacturing companies and production boosted industry and led to new inventions as well as

innovation. During the industrial revolution of England, man became alienated from nature due

to being busy with monotonous work. By the nineteenth century, when William Wordsworth

wrote the sonnet, the world is too much with us, the process of industrialization had transformed

the life of a worker. Leaving no time or space to enjoy or participate in nature. In his Petrarchan

sonnet, Wordsworth criticizes humans for losing their hearts to materialism and longing for a

world where nature is divine.

The poem is remembered not as a biographical record, but as a beautiful depiction of London in

the morning, it is written in a simple language that any Englishman can understand. Wordsworth

apparently wrote the sonnet sitting on top of his coach when he was on a coach trip. Perhaps he

was so awed by the city because he didn't live there: he was a rustic man who spent much of his

time in the London Lake area.

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At this point Wordsworth's career, in 1802, he was writing at the peak of his power, after he had

already published the hugely influential Lyrical Ballads with his friend and fellow genius Samuel

Taylor Coleridge. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 was not published in

verse in two volumes until 1807.

When he returned to England to complete the sonnet, it was published a few years later in 1807.

There are several versions of this story, but the basic idea is that Wordsworth was mesmerized

by the smokeless scene before him. Most people are not yet thinking about their business,

interpreting the city skyline as a natural landscape, beautiful and calm.

Some have criticized the poet for portraying London as a lofty ideal, whereas the true nature of

life in the capital was far more brutal and grassroots. It was a time when destitute children made

a living by sifting mud from the Thames for money, when the river itself was a stinking filth and

many people died from disease such as cholera.

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2.2 Summary

Fig 1.3 Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 by William Wordsworth

Line 1 to 8, which together form a sentence the poet narrated that what he saw when he stood on

Westminster bridge observing at the sight of the city.in the beginning, he stated that there is

nothing “more fair” on earth than the beautiful sight of Westminster bridge, the sight that the

poet saw, and that anyone who can pass through the bridge without noticing the beauty of nature

and man-made structure, during the morning time has a “dull” soul. The poem is based on the
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“morning beauty” that lies like a blanket in the entire city, silent and bare. It's like London

wearing a piece of clothing. Then he stated about the things that the poet saw in the city and he

stated that the city has no pollution in the morning and it lies “open into the fields, and to the

sky”. The poet tells the readers that the sun has not shown so much beauty, not even in nature

like the poet mentioned in the poem (“the valley, the rock or the hill”) and the poet says he has

never seen or felt such a deep peace in his entire life. The poet tells us that the river flows “at his

own sweet will” the river glides naturally and the river flows at a slower rate than it should. In

the end, the poet ended the poem with exclamation, stating that “the house seems asleep” and the

heart of the city is lying still.

2.3 Form and Structure

Before we search deeper into the language and meanings of this poem, let us elaborate a glance

at its stately features. This poem is in a Petrarchan sonnet form. Wordsworth, like several of his

romantic English poet companions, like this form because it reminisces the Italian Renaissance.

Petrarch was a famous poet of that period.

This poem follows an Italian sonnet structure. Usually, Italian sonnet is divided into two parts:

an octave which consists of the eight lines of the poem and a sestet which consists of six lines of

the poem. In an early establishment of Italian sonnet there was a question and answer in the

poem, sonnet divided into two parts octave and sestet. The octave is considered to be present as

the ‘preposition’ or a problem of sort and a Sestet, is known as turn, sestet poem addresses or it

resolved the problem of that question asked in the octave. It is like answering the question of the

problem or resolved at the end of the poem.

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In Composed upon Westminster Bridge September 3, 1802, the ninth line introduces a ‘turn’ on

the theme that is introduced in the first part i.e., Wordsworth uses the ninth line to subtly shift

attention away from the man-made wonders of the scene to the natural wonders at play.

Although Wordsworth follows an Italian sonnet structure, he does not totally abide with the

structure of the Italian sonnet and the cityscape which describes in the octave line is not a

problem or does not question about the particular problem of the city. It only describes the

beautiful sight from the Westminster bridge in the morning. In this poem the poet never

questions the problem at all and sestet also does not solve it or resolve the problem like any other

Italian sonnets.

In addition, the image undergoes changes in the sestet. Here, there is another minor divergence

from the Italian or Petrarchan sonnet. Traditionally, the start of the turn is considered to be the

sestet but here, the turn supposed to be the beginning of the sestet, in the beginning of the sestet

it talks about the poet itself. Although the nineth line introduces a turning point by starting to

state that the turning point near the end of the poem. In the last couplet line, the poet calls upon

God and views them as a giant heart. In this way, Wordsworth mixed a touch of the English

sonnet also known as Shakespearean sonnet, which in turn ends in the closing couplet.

The poem consists of three quatrains and a final couplet. Quatrain means a stanza of four lines

and couplet is a two-line stanza.

In the first quatrains, it is related to the description of the allure of the beauty that can be

recognized by standing on the bridge and looking around. The poet described the scene as the

most magnificent beauty. There is no more beautiful sight on earth than the view from the

Westminster bridge. The poet tells us that this is a unique thing, which is described in the poem,
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then he goes, stating that anyone who is allured to this scene cannot escape from the beautiful

sight, unless the person is possibly of a deaf character. This is expressed in a glory which is

probably so heartwarming that will touch the soul of everyone, those who notice this beauty. In

the fourth line the poet tells us that the city wears the morning beauty like a garment. This proof

hinted that morning beauty in the city is somewhat temporary, because a garment is a piece of

cloth which can be worn, but also taken off as well. The beauty is temporary because when the

day continues, people start their daily life activities, factories and industries make the sky dark,

which causes the beauty of the beautiful view.

In the beginning of the second quatrains, the poet states that the morning beauty of the city is

silent and bare: all “inanimate” things like buildings and ships and theaters can be seen without

blurred vision. When daily life activities start, it is usually hard to see any of these, because of

pollution in the air, when they are located away from the bridge. However, the poet described

them as “bright and glittering in the smokeless air”.

In the third quatrains, the poet described the sun that begin to cast its first ray of light on the

landscape (valley, rock and hill), such a natural scene must have evoked deep feeling in the mind

of the speaker. The poet tells us that he neither saw anything like this nor did he feel any comfort

associated with his scene. All the business of London troubles were gone at this time and nothing

uncomfortable or stressful was left in the poet's mind. In the following line, the poet tells us that

the river flows of its own accord. Normally the Thames would have been dammed up by the

inhabitants of London with the intention of harnessing the water power for industries or

something like that. However, in the morning the river is free, has a will of its own and is

capable of flowing in every direction, at least for now.

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The last couplet, the poet of the poem may be slightly confused by the almost deathly silence and

so he addressed God. When the poet says that even the houses seem to have fallen asleep, it can

be considered a question to God. It is conceivable to see London, now the largest city on earth,

lying still without any movement. The exclamation mark is also used in three lines in the poem.

Every time the poet expressed his wonder in these three lines and the image before him was

taking his breath away: perhaps the example of this state of wonder is ‘Dear God!’. And he lists

the various elements, both natural and man- made, which contributes to this appreciation of them

in the image and the desire to take it all in and remember the complete harmony of the poem.

The rhyme scheme of this sonnet is uncomplicated. This is a sonnet which consists of two parts:

octave and sestet. In the octave we have eight lines, the rhyme scheme of these eight lines

follows an ABBA ABBA scheme and the sestet consists of six lines, the rhyme scheme in these

lines is CDCDCD.

The meter, or, rhythm, of this poem is imperfectly Iambic pentameter. The lines almost follow a

pattern of five pairs of unstressed and stressed rhythm. For example:

A sight | so touch | ing in | it's ma | je sty.

However, we qualify this as imperfect Iambic pentameter, proof by the details mentioned in the

lines beginning with one and two stressed syllables (‘earth’ and ‘dull’). Wordsworth, being a

modern man, was beginning to experiment with form and write in a more conversational style.
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Usually sonnets are related with love, but this is an image of appreciation. The use of this form

re-intensifies Wordsworth's sentiment and presents it as a truly grand thing that we should all be

deeply attached to. These are the major forms and structure of the poem.
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2.4 Themes

Nature vs human man-made: Nature is the main theme in the poem. It does not introduce the

negative aspect of London, rather it is inserted in the natural scenery. The poet described the

beauty of the city in terms of towers, theaters, and temples. Wordsworth represents the earth and

the sun as well as the city. It reiterates his firm belief that the city. At any particular point in his

day, he does not clash with nature but becomes a part of it. The thoughts written on Westminster

bridge suggest that the city can be surprisingly comfortable, and the speaker goes to the extent of

comparing it to the solitude of nature.

The poem begins with the image of a beautiful view on a bridge, a sign of connection between

man and the natural world. A bridge is a man-made structure, under that structure the natural

river Thames spans. It creates an interval between people and water, but also creates an area for

people to recognize water from a new perspective. Apparently, the bridge allowed people to

overcome nature and immerse themselves more deeply in it. Appearance, this bridge represents

the connection between these two worlds. And it talks about the relationship between the city

and nature, describing the city just as the natural quality of the earth. A state by the poet, the city

actually looks better than any other things that exists on the earth, to the extent that its view is

touching. Earth is a word that more strongly conjures up the green and blue jungle of the planet

than the image of the city. The poet described earth takes pride in “showing off” as in “showing

off” early morning London as if the city were its child.

The poet lists the man-made structures he saw in the city, ships, towers, domes, theaters, and

temples, which may at first suggest a distinction between urban and natural scenes. Although

their diversity is a testimony to man's technical prowess, it is also indebted to the various forms
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of nature: mountain, rocks, valleys, trees, etc. These structures are ‘open to the field’ as if to

appreciate their debt, and to the sky, as if to explore both the desire of the city and its limitations.

Moreover, the openness of the city suggests a fluid boundary, “there is no clear line where the

city ends and nature begin ". Also, the poet states that the river flows through the city of its own

accord.

In the end, the poem regards this mixture of city and nature as even better, ‘pure’, because it is a

better recognized city. The poet says, “never did the sun more beautifully steep / in his splendor,

valley, rock, or hill”. The sunlight enhances the beauty of the city instead of highlighting its

ugliness. The cityscape appears to be lit up more majestically than “valley, rock or hill”. The

same as a mountain, the towers are also "silent” and “bare”. It describes the city as a spot of

tranquility and resumption.

Awe and Amazement: this poem is a classic example of how to surprise someone with beauty

and it has to start, wide-eyed and open-mouthed. Furthermore, the poet spends a significant

portion of the poem talking about the scenery rather than describing how spectacular it is. The

second part of the poem description has more details than the first.

The second theme of the poem is the theme of awe. As the title indicates, the poem was

composed almost immediately, as the poet was crossing Westminster bridge. He immediately fell

into a state of awe and as he encountered the beauty of the screen city, thus, the poem became a

kind of ode to London.

In the ninth line, the poet said “never did the sun more beautifully steep " . This shows that the

poet is in awe of the beautiful sight of the morning, when the sun shines over the city.
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Another line shows his awe in “earth has not anything to show more fair”. This line creates a

sense of childlike wonder, making the world fresh and new again. This is not a philosophical

poem. This is a poem about the feeling of a person at this moment.

And the next one is “All bright and glittering in the smokeless air”, the light on the building or

other structures “sparkle” like some valuable metal of the city. The poet may be describing the

sunlight playing on some windows. The poet wonders about the sunlight that makes the clean

and clear air, sky is bright and shining.

In the third line, the poet stated that “A sight so touching in its majesty:” the poet can only

describe the beauty of the city using such paradoxes. Visualize that the king is adorable, having

his cheeks pinched, and bowing down to him and it gives the idea of how the phrase “touching in

its majesty” works.

In the eleventh line, “Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! It is remarkable to feel fully

comfortable in a big city, so the poet's statement is unexpected. The uncommonly calmness of

the city in the early morning gives this feeling.

In the last thirteen lines, he mentions the God “Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;” here,

the phrase “the very houses” means something like, “even house”. How vision plays against his

expectations is important in this poem. God’s pronouncement takes the vocals to a higher

emotional level.

Transience of the beauty: the poem happened at dawn. A fleeting moment of peace before the

city wakes up and disrupts the poet's peace. This sense of transient affects every aspect of the

poem. It recalls again and again that the city represents change, in that sense, it has changed the
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landscape and rearranged human life. Hence, the poem argues that nature and peace are

temporary, but also emphasizes that nature can always be reclaimed despite change.

The poem makes it clear that London is beautiful only in the morning and that it is not only

responsible for the beauty of the morning. Several factors combine to make a precise sense,

including the unusual absence of any fog and the way the light fell on ships and buildings.

Because the poet knows that such a magnificent beauty of combination does not happen often, he

thinks it would be to pass one up, believing that there will always be another chance to see such

beauty. The believe that when you have encountered such beauty, do not miss this opportunity

and you should take advantage of them. Transience in the poem;

First transience we can see in the second line, “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by”,

which gives us a message that we have to accept good things as they come, because it will not

last long.

Another transient is in line fourth to fifth,

“This city now doth like a garment wear”

“The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,”

Here, the poet talks about how a city is like a garment wearing, garments are things you can put

it on and take it off, and it can be thrown away when they are old and tattered, or if you

accidentally wear the white part of them along with your colors. By definition they are transient.

At this time, the city is dressed in a particularly stunning outfit, but it is only for a short time.

Eight lines, mention that “All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.” The reason why

chimney sweepers appear so frequently in depictions of 19th century London: it was a smoky

city. Not to mention the frequent fog that appears on cold London mornings. In other words, in

Wordsworth's time “smokeless air” is something for a Londoner to cheer about.

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In the ten lines, “in his first splendor, valley, rock or hill:” the poem is about making the old

appear new again. The sun also rises every morning. Every day is a new and fleeting world. Even

in the valley or hills, the sun gives us a different sunrise every day. That is why these are

transient.

Last transient of the poem is in line fourteen, “And all that mighty heart is lying still!”, this

moment will not last long. The poet catches London taking over after the sun has risen but most

people have woken up for work or play. At this time, London people are still sleeping, but peace

and calmness will be over, when they start their daily activities.

2.5 Poetic Devices

The literary device is a writing technique that the writer uses to convey ideas, convey meaning

and highlight the important themes in a piece of text. They are essential devices a poet uses to

create rhythm, enhance the meaning of a poem, or intensify a mood or emotion. Some of the

literary devices used in this poem are analysis following below:

● Hyperbole: A figure of speech in which a writer or speaker deliberately and explicitly

exaggerates. It is to make an emphasis or as a way to make a description more creative

and humorous. Wordsworth exaggerates the beautiful sight of the city of London, in the

beginning lines of the poem. For example

“Earth has not anything to show more fair,” here the poet claims that there is no view

more beautiful than the view from Westminster bridge, here we can see exaggeration.

Wordsworth's claim that his view of London was the best on earth is an obvious

exaggeration, it is not even impossible to verify. But this is an innocent exaggeration

because he is so caught up in the moment. Hyperbole used in 9 to 11 lines;

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“Never did the sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt a calm so deep!”

Using another hyperbole, the poet feels that the splendid view of the city early in the

morning is incomparable to anything in nature. This is a high praise from a poet who is

known to be a worshiper of nature. Here again there is another exaggeration to express

that the poet had never felt such peace before. He is full of wonder how a city that is

usually full of activity can be so quiet before they wake up.

The poet claims that the effect of the morning light on London is a beauty that had never

experienced before. In line 1, poet exaggerates the earth that earth has nothing to show

beautiful than this. In line 9, poet has exaggerated the sun so much that sun had not

shown itself so beautifully on any other natural landscape than the sun shown in the city

of London. These are the lines which the poet has used with hyperbole.

● Personification: personification is a type of metaphor in which you describe an

inanimate object, abstract object, or non-human animals in human terms. It is used to

make a scene or character more interesting and engaging. The used of personification in

the poem are following below:

“This city now doth like a garment wear”, here in a smile the beauty of the morning is

compared to a garment. In the same line, the poet personifies the city and uses the simile

“like a garment wear”. The effect of a garment is that the beautiful view can be worn and

removed when the city wakes up. Only people can wear clothes, so the city must be

personified.
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Next personification is in line 12, “the river glideth at his own sweet will:” the river is

personified as a person who likes to take things at his/her own will. The personification

gives the impression that the river is in no hurry to move swiftly and that it runs smoothly

and calmly.

Another personification, “Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;” here, ‘Dear God!’

The exclamation sounds like an involuntary gratitude expressed by the poet to God for

his wonderful sight. The poet personified the houses as sleeping people because the city

is calm and still. In fact, the people inside the houses are the ones who are asleep.

Lastly, the city personified as a person with heart. The heart is ‘lying still’, perhaps

because the city, like its houses, is asleep.

● Enjambment: The enjambment continues after the line break. While many poems are at

the end of a phrase or with punctuation in the form of pauses at the end of lines,

enjambment ends a line in the middle of a phrase, allowing it to continue on the next line

as an enjambed line. In the lines 2, 4, 6, and 9 there is no punctuation to end them. Hence,

the readers can ship straight to the next line, which is a reflection of the speaker's flow of

emotion as he describes the scene. E.g.;

“Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

A sight so touching in its majesty.”

● Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds within

words, phrases or sentences. The repetition of vowel sound in the same line. This device

is used to make writing more interesting and fun for the reader.
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Wordsworth uses assonance in line two, the sound |o| which is in line two, “Dull would

he be of soul who could pass by:” he uses assonance in this line, another assonance we

can find in line eight, here he uses |I| vowel sound, “All bright and glittering in the

smokeless air.

● Consonance: consonance is a figure of speech in which the same consonant sounds are

repeated within a group of words. We can see that he uses consonance in line 6, “ships,

towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie, he uses consonance sound |s| to show the reader

that there are lots of ships and others or make a rhythm.

● Simile: simile is a figure of speech used to compare one thing or person to another to

clarify the meaning to the readers. For example, “The city now doth, like a garment

wear”.

● Imagery: Imagery is a language that poets, novelists, and other writers use to create an

image in the reader's mind. Imagery included figurative and metaphorical language to

enhance the reader's experience through their senses.

● Rhyme scheme: Rhymes are wordings whose endings match, such as ‘fly’ and ‘sky’.

This is one of the most common techniques in traditional poetry and music, and most

people can easily identify the verses. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBA ABBA

CDCDCD.

● End rhyme: End rhymes are used to make the verse melodious. This type of rhyme is

most commonly used in English poetry. For example, “hill/will”, “deep/asleep”, and

“by/sky”.
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Chapter 3
Conclusion

Wordsworth’s Composed upon Westminster, September 3, 1802 is a celebration of the natural

beauty provided by the earth, and so it is unusual to find poetry that celebrates the beauty of

man-made structures. It gives readers the impression of a serene, stunning and lovely view of

London, yet Wordsworth is enjoying the moment, with vivid description of the scene so touching

in its majesty and that, such a poignant scene would not be lost in all its glory.

Fig 1.4 Westminster bridge (Present)

Composed upon Westminster Bridge contains basic ideas and beliefs that play an important role

in revealing Wordsworth fondness and attitude. The main idea of the poem is that things like

cities and man-made structures may appear beautiful and free, but this is not necessarily the

reality. It represents a contradiction in appearance versus reality.

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In conclusion, it can be argued that William Wordsworth's feelings towards nature are clearly

distinguishable compared to those of other poets. He didn't present the natural world's untamed

perspective. He had the rare ability to engage with nature in its typical daily mood rather than

the strange far-off characteristics of the land and sky. He ignored to point out nature's negative

aspects. He stressed the moral implications of nature and the necessity of spiritual

communication between humans and nature.

The goal of poetry cannot be reached if the poetic diction is not straightforward and

uncomplicated. The aim of poetry can be easily achieved by employing straightforward

language. Therefore, we can conclude that William Wordsworth's idea of poetry and poetic

diction is applicable to today's writers and beneficial. Modern poets can create beautiful works

with lasting effects on the reader's mind by following this idea. By using the language of the

reader, a poet of the time may also help and comfort those in need and develop the reader's

capacity for thought.

We are at the end of our research regarding the Westminster Bridge poem by William

Wordsworth. We would like to discuss our research-related experiences. While doing this

research, we discovered lots of new information on the poetry devices, rhyme systems, and poem

forms. We particularly enjoyed learning about sonnets. The understanding on sonnet and our

capacity for critical thinking have both grown as the results of this research.
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