Composed upon Westminster Bridge Essays

between William Blake’s London and William Wordsworth’s Composed upon Westminster bridge Eason Tao (Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210046, China) Abstract: In the end of the 18th century, London became the cradle of the Industrial Revolution, which the shining glory of enormous economy soar shades countless suffering and unbearable pains. The two poems, London by William Blake and Composed upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth, shows different perspectives of

for the king—George III’s health, did not take effective action to cure the king, so it leaded to his death. William Blake described the lives of the poor to disclose the corruption and to express his dissatisfactory and anger. However, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth was written in 1802, Britain had just finished its change to capitalist industrialization, and it became a clean and bright city. The author wrote down the beautiful scene of London at dawn when he passed it on his

Often pondered by humanity is the existence of life, life stages, human vs. nature and the finality of it all death. Life, death and the human struggle to understand the existence of a living object in nature or to ponder through man's struggle with the certainty of death is the author’s focus. However, death is not the final frontier; it is but the finality of all life for both humanity and the natural world. Frightening to some, being human and rational beings, both poets ponder the prospect

Rather than supplying William Wordsworth with an excuse in response to “Invitation into Cumberland”, Charles Lamb justifies the city of London. London is the city he has lived in his whole life, and he holds the city very dear to his heart. Instead of giving Wordsworth a simple rejection, he asks multiple rhetorical questions in an attempt to convey his point. Lamb is very adamant about portraying the glories of living in the city of London, and he desires for Wordsworth to understand why and uses

Mixers by Patricia Hubbell are different and same in a lot of ways, they are both about imaginary poems. They are both about imaginary poems because Concrete Mixers compares concrete mixers to elephants. In The City is So Big you had to imagine the bridges, houses, and trains. The City is So Big is the poem about the scary representation about the city that the writer was in. The author represents the city like he is scared of the city because his tone in the poem was very eerie. An example I have

word Beauty in this section is more of an condescending insult. Columbus’ letter has a slight shift when he discuss the beauty of the objects that he used to manipulate the Natives. He states, “I however made a point that they fhould not be impofed upon by the very trifling and worthlefs articles which were apt to be given them, fuch as broken bits of earthenware, or of glafs, likewife nails; although the truth is, if they might but obtain thefe, they thought themfelves poffeffed of the most beautiful

Unlocking Freedom: The Life of John Locke John Locke was a seventieth-century English philosopher and physician. He is best known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism." From the time, he was alive, until now he is counted amongst the greatest and most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. John Locke was perhaps the first philosopher thinker to teach his followers the arts of self-thinking and the government role toward its citizen. Through his teaching, he wanted his followers to be more aware

1.1William Blake, the man First of all, if one wishes to understand William Blake’s work, one has to imagine how William Blake - the man was like. He was born on November 28th, 1757, at 28 Broad Street, Carnaby Market, Golden Square, London. William was a solitary and imaginative boy. His imagination was first influenced by his town and his father’s house which was in contrast to the other houses on the street. His imagination escaped into the past and it knew no limits. William wasn’t like other