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A Comparison of Blake and Wordsworth’s view of London
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William Wordsworth and William Blake both wrote popular poems about
London, but their views of it were very different, this could be
because of the way they grew up. Blake was brought up in the city and
saw the more poverty-driven and polluted side to London whereas
Wordsworth writes about the beauty and peaceful view of London. He may
have seen this side because he was born and bred in the beautiful
countryside in the North of England.
Blake is walking down the dirty streets of the capital city and talks
about the pain and emotion in the people he sees, “in every cry of
every man”. Blake considers the onlooker’s emotions and the actual
streets and dark side to the city compared to Wordsworth who focuses
on the beauty and natural side to London. Blake blames all of the
poverty and damage in London on the authorities and the “black’ning
church,” he thinks it’s because of their lack of awareness and care to
London’s citizens that it has got this way. He uses logical and
considered tone in the structure of “London.”
Wordsworth’s sonnet is a very, romantic and optimistic poem about
London. To Wordsworth, London is beautiful, as beautiful as the
countryside or a more natural landscape; he doesn’t see all of the
urban buildings and busy streets. Unlike Blake, Wordsworth sees the
natural splendour of the capital “the beauty of the morning” rather
than the dreary way of life Blake focuses on. Wordsworth only chooses
to see the beautiful “garment” that London wears to cover up the grimy
and gloomy city behind it. He has a re...
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... everything, his repetition on “chartered”
strengthens his view of oddness in London. Both writers improve their
scenery by indicating at colours to set a more vivid picture “blood”,
“midnight”, “blackening,” these are all words used by Blake, ideas of
the colours red and black which create a gloomy surrounding.
In conclusion I think that both poems are very well-written and
powerful, although their views of London are very different they both
work well. Blake sees the gloomy, dark side to the city and people’s
emotions, whereas Wordsworth’s view is that it is beautiful and
natural-he sees fields and beauty. The different views they have could
be because of their backgrounds and where they grew up as Wordsworth
grew up in the North England countryside and Blake was born and bred
in the middle of London itself.
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