describe the poem 'upon Westminster bridge' as a sonnet ?
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The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, written in loose iambic pentameter. It employs figurative language such as simile and metaphor, hyperbole, and personification. Upon analysis, the poem reveals the Romantic interest in the natural world
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Wordsworth's Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 is a pretty straightforward poem. It features a speaker sharing his impressions of the view from, you guessed it, Westminster Bridge. The poem takes shape as the speaker describes the sights and feeling of a quiet early morning before the city springs to life.
The speaker begins by asserting that the view before him just might be the best thing in the world. It would be a very 'dull' person who could pass through without stopping to appreciate the 'majesty' of what he sees. And what is this splendid sight? That of a mighty city, full of the amazing accomplishments of man. 'Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples,' spread before the speaker.
But these man-made marvels have yet to come to life in the early morning. The buildings and ships are seen as part of the greater setting: the natural landscape. The sun rises over the quiet scene, and the river moves along on its natural path. For the brief time between sunrise and the beginning of the workday, the speaker feels 'a calm so deep.' For at this moment, civilization sleeps, and the beating heart of man-made constructs is 'lying still.'
Form and Meter
Before we delve into the language and meaning of this poem, let's take a look at its formal characteristics. This poem is a Petrarchan sonnet. Wordsworth, like many of his Romantic English poet buddies, loved this form because it hearkened back to the Italian Renaissance. Petrarch was a famous poet from that period. The Romantics had a fascination with the classical civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome.
So what makes a sonnet Petrarchan? It has fourteen lines divided into two sections. The first has eight lines and the last has six. The ninth line of the poem introduces a 'turn' on the subject that has been introduced in the first section. In this case, Wordsworth uses the ninth line to subtly shift the focus from the man-made wonders of the scene before him to the natural wonders at play.
The rhyme scheme of this sonnet is straightforward. The first section follows an ABBAABBA scheme (just think of everybody's favorite Swedish group if you need help remembering) and the second is CDCDCD. The meter, or rhythm, of this poem is loosely Iambic pentameter. Most lines follow a pattern of five pairs of unstressed and stressed beats. For example:
A sight | so touch | ing in| its ma | je sty.
However, we did qualify this as loose iambic pentameter, evidenced by the fact that lines one and two begin with stressed syllables ('earth' and 'dull'). Wordsworth, being a modern guy, was starting to experiment with the form and to write in a more conversational style.
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The speaker begins by asserting that the view before him just might be the best thing in the world. It would be a very 'dull' person who could pass through without stopping to appreciate the 'majesty' of what he sees. And what is this splendid sight? That of a mighty city, full of the amazing accomplishments of man. 'Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples,' spread before the speaker.
But these man-made marvels have yet to come to life in the early morning. The buildings and ships are seen as part of the greater setting: the natural landscape. The sun rises over the quiet scene, and the river moves along on its natural path. For the brief time between sunrise and the beginning of the workday, the speaker feels 'a calm so deep.' For at this moment, civilization sleeps, and the beating heart of man-made constructs is 'lying still.'
Form and Meter
Before we delve into the language and meaning of this poem, let's take a look at its formal characteristics. This poem is a Petrarchan sonnet. Wordsworth, like many of his Romantic English poet buddies, loved this form because it hearkened back to the Italian Renaissance. Petrarch was a famous poet from that period. The Romantics had a fascination with the classical civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome.
So what makes a sonnet Petrarchan? It has fourteen lines divided into two sections. The first has eight lines and the last has six. The ninth line of the poem introduces a 'turn' on the subject that has been introduced in the first section. In this case, Wordsworth uses the ninth line to subtly shift the focus from the man-made wonders of the scene before him to the natural wonders at play.
The rhyme scheme of this sonnet is straightforward. The first section follows an ABBAABBA scheme (just think of everybody's favorite Swedish group if you need help remembering) and the second is CDCDCD. The meter, or rhythm, of this poem is loosely Iambic pentameter. Most lines follow a pattern of five pairs of unstressed and stressed beats. For example:
A sight | so touch | ing in| its ma | je sty.
However, we did qualify this as loose iambic pentameter, evidenced by the fact that lines one and two begin with stressed syllables ('earth' and 'dull'). Wordsworth, being a modern guy, was starting to experiment with the form and to write in a more conversational style.
HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU
PLEASE MARK AS BRAINLIEST.
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