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: -"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” is a Petrarchan sonnet by William Wordsworth describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Wordsworth uses the Petrarchan sonnet form, not only to communicate in metre and rhyme, but to embody his frustration owing to and disappointment in the conventional, highly acclaimed, Christian English society.

Detailed explanation-5: -The theme is natural beauty, and the tone is reverent and somewhat celebratory of the beauty of nature. The mood could be described as amazement, serenity or wonder. This is a hyperbole used by the poet to show exactly how incredibly ‘fair’ the sight before him is.