the poet uses words like silent bare and calm in order to describe London. how does this atmosphere give the city a special character
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The first eight lines praise the beauty of London in the early morning light,
as the poet stands on Westminster Bridge admiring the surrounding buildings. Wordsworth finds
London a glorious sight in the early morning light, because the city has not yet woken up and these
industrial processes and governmental activities have not yet begun. London is instead at one with
nature. Indeed, the sun shines as beautifully on these structures as it does on the natural world.
London seems to lie still, plunged into a calm state that is akin to a pleasant sleep. But once London
wakes from its slumber, this gentle calm will be disrupted by man-made activity. The world of
trade, of ships and boats coursing along the Thames, will override the river’s own natural pace. The
ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples that appear to lie in passive submission to the natural
world now will be overturned when London wakes.
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