ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -’Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802’ is a sonnet by William Wordsworth (1770-1850) describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning. Inspiration for the poem was provided by a journey made by Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy through London.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The lovely poem “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth describes London as it was before the ravages of the Industrial Revolution filled it with pollution and colored the buildings pallid shades of gray. In Wordsworth’s vision, the air is clear and smokeless.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the poem, “Composed Upon the Westminster Bridge”, Wordsworth uses personifications to present a live picture of the beautiful city of London in the sun-lit morning. The poet gives life to the sun, the river, the houses and finally to the whole city which has a symbolic heart.

Detailed explanation-4: -It famously forms the title of William Wordsworth’s poem, ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802’, a moving description of the beauties of London viewed from the River Thames at dawn.

Detailed explanation-5: -He describes it as “touching in its majesty, ” and says that its beauty is the equal of any vista in nature (high praise indeed, from a poet so infatuated with nature as Wordsworth.)