Writing Style In Wordsworth's Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

Another part of the writing style is the rhyme. The poem, London, is a lyric. It has four stanzas, and every stanza has double rhyme which consists of four lines, each of which contains eight syllables. The rhyme of the poem is a b a b/ c k c k/ e f e f/ g h g h, making it smooth and powerful. When readers read this poem, they will feel the poet’s deepest sadness and the true feelings in his heart, it is like the poet was lamenting his pain to readers. The poem, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, is a Petrarchan sonnet form. Its rhythm scheme is a b b a / a b b a/ c d c d c d. This scheme divides the poem into two: the first eight lines and the next six lines. The first eight lines describes the scene in the early morning while the next six lines expresses the praise the poet has for the scene. Also, from the words of the choice, Blake uses verb to describe London, has the dynamic beauty. When reading his poem, it is easy to imagine what the citizens were doing at that time, and it is easier to experience the thoughts that the poet has. For example, the soldiers “sigh” fill in the street. They have

Since this poem written by Wordsworth is Composed upon Westminster bridge over Thames River, the river is of course another typical image in this poem. Unlike the “charter’d” river in Blake’s London, this river “glideth at his own sweet will”. Here Wordsworth uses personification again. He compares the river to a man. The river is not deprived of freedom and right but flows sweetly and freely. In Blake’s view, the church condoned a society in which such cruelty could be inflicted on an innocent child. So he describes the church as blackening church which lacks of light and goodness, and only possesses deadness and authority. In Wordsworth’s view, the church is pure and scared, it represents the citizens’ belief and cannot be tarnished. The comparison in the same river also indicates the two poets’ different moods and