Showing posts with label Composed Upon Westminster Bridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Composed Upon Westminster Bridge. Show all posts
Summary of the poem Composed Upon West Minster Bridge written by William Wordsworth for class 11.
William Wordsworth’s poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” is a sonnet celebrating the serene beauty of London in the early morning. The poem captures a moment of stillness and awe as the poet gazes upon the city from Westminster Bridge.
Summary:
The poem begins with Wordsworth asserting that there is no sight more beautiful than London bathed in the quiet...
“The beauty of the morning…glittering in the smokeless air”- Explain.
*Here the poet, Wordsworth refers to the beauty of London as is viewed in the morning from the Westminster Bridge.
*The beauty of the London refers to the beauty of the things which one can see in London such as ships, domes, theatres, temples etc.
*This beauty is ‘silent’ because...
“Earth has not anything to show more fair…this city now doth, like a garment wear”- What does the poet mean by this? What is the sight referred to here? Who would be dull of soul and why? Why the city is compared with ‘garment wear’?
*The sight of the city of London in the early morning is very beautiful. According to Wordsworth, nothing is more beautiful in this world than the scene visible from the Westminster Bridge early in the morning.
* The beautiful scene of London glittering brightly in the light of the early sun is the sight referred to here.
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Comment upon the title of “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”.
The poem “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”, describes Wordsworth’s reaction to the amazing beauty of the city of London bathed in the early morning sun. The poet, on his way to Dover from London, is deeply moved by the incomparable beauty of the city of London viewed from Westminster Bridge early in the morning. The calmness of the atmosphere and the smokelessness of air seems to...
“The river glideth at his own sweet will”- What river has been mentioned here? Why does the poet use ‘his’ to refer the river? What does the poet mean to say?
The name of the river mentioned here is the Thames. The poet has used pronominal adjective (his) to personify the river. The deliberate use of the river in the masculine gender by the poet seems to suggest that this particular river is more aggressive and heavier than other rivers. ...
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