2.4 Upon Westminster Bridge- Appreciation

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 2.4 Upon Westminster Bridge - William Wordsworth 

1. About the poem, poet, and title:

'Upon Westminster Bridge' is written by the great nature poet William Wordsworth.(1770-1850). He is a leading English Romantic poet who was an honoured 'Poet Laureate' of the United Kingdom in the court of Queen Victoria from 1843-1850.

This poem was first published in the 'Collection of poems in two volumes in 1807.

The 'Westminster Bridge' is located in London city over the River Thames. The poet is standing on the Westminster Bridge at dawn time (early in the morning) and looking at the beautiful scenery of the London city. 

2. The theme:

The man versus  nature is  major theme. It is about the early morning scenery of London city. The poet is looking from the Westminster Bridge. The poet feels enthralled (delighted) by seeing such morning beauty of London city. The scenery shows even if the industrial revolution, still London city looks so beautiful by the surroundings in smokeless air early in the morning.

3. Language and poetic devices:

The language of the poem is very simple and lucid. The poem creats a delightful picture of the London city and rich in its natural beauty and it gives pictorial effect. It has only two stanzas, consist of fourteen lines. 

In this poem, the poet has used several poetic devices to express her inner feelings as well as poetic effects with Alliteration, Metaphor, Personification, Simile, personification ,Repetition, Hyperbole, Inversion, etc.

For eg. "The river glideth at his own sweet will" 

Personification

The river is given the human quality of 'Sweet will'.

4. Special Features - 

The poem  is a Petrarchan sonnet that consists of fourteen lines with  octave (8 lines) and sestet 6 lines).

The poem has rhyming words and a rhyming scheme i.e. abba abba cdcdcd.

Rhyming words -

1st stanza 

fair- wear.      bare- air

by- majesty    lie- sky

2nd stanza

steep- deep -asleep

hill- will -still

5. Message, Value, Morals:

The poet wants to convince the reader to see the beauty in every object of nature.  We should find pleasure in every aspect of nature that gives us. Feel enthralled by the essence of nature.

6. Your opinion:

 I like the poem very much and started to see the essence of nature in every object that comes in front of me. 

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Prepared by-

Jyoti Walunj-Landge 

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