LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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It doesn’t rhyme.
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It admits the city is part of nature.
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It doesn’t tell the truth about life in London.
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It celebrates death.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Inspiration for the poem was provided by a journey made by Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy through London. The pair were en route to Calais where they were to meet William’s illegitimate daughter, Caroline, for the first time. At dawn they boarded the coach from Charing Cross to Dover.
Detailed explanation-2: -Characteristics Of Romanticism In Composed Upon Westminster Bridge By Wordsworth. The rebellion against reason is perhaps the most significant characteristic of the Romantic movement. As people of the era began to reject neoclassical formalism due to the start of the French Revolution, Romanticism was born.
Detailed explanation-3: -He sees the natural elements which one the river, the sun, the sky, the valley, the rock and hill but also the objects that man made as the ships, the towers, the theatres, the temple and the houses. The natural elements and the objects made by the man are connected by the beauty of the city.
Detailed explanation-4: -The poem expresses the speaker’s desire to stop time, to prevent the city from ever “waking up.” The image of a beautiful garment implies that the city is like a blank canvas that nature adorns, rather than something possessing beauty on its own.