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Copy your poem analysis here!

After answering the questions, put all your ideas together and write your final appreciation of the poem by W.Wordsworth.

Try to add also a comment on how the poet was able here to apply his ideas about poetry and the process of poetic composition.

Check for Grammar & Spelling and - Last but not Least - make good use of linkers!

I'm confident you'll do a great job

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Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth - Poetry Reading

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Upon Westminster Bridge - A poem by William Wordsworth. About the poem - In this poem Wordsworth describes the harmonious existence of man-made entities and nature, in a unique style. He actually wrote this poem about an experience that took place on July 31, 1802 on the trip to France with his sister Dorothy Wordsworth.

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Group A:    Giulia C. - Edita - Lisa - Vittoria

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Group A:    Giulia C. - Edita - Lisa - Vittoria

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Summary of "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"

William Wordsworth composed this poem in 1802. He described his feelings and the landscape while he was crossing Westminster Bridge in London.

We know about this experience thanks to Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, who wrote in her diary about her brother's contemplation of London from the Bridge of Westminster on a morning before a trip to Paris.

Wordsworth was impresed by the tranquillity of the big and industrial city at dawn. It was unusually quiet, silent and still asleep.

The poet thought that London was wearing the beauty of the morning and this image was created by him to personify the city. Through simile and personification, Wordsworth wanted to emphasise the beauty of London. Like in a snapshot, he caught an instant in which London appeared to him even more splendous than the countryside.

The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet and it is divided in two parts: an octave and a sextet. There are in total fourteen lines. In our opinion, this poem is more beautiful and inspiring than "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

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Not bad! Pls check out the corrections I made!

Add some more details to the description of the city (towers, domes as opposed to valleys, hills, etc

Add more ideas to your personal response! You completely forgot to answer question 6! Which sentence best describes the poem?

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Group B - Francesca A., Francesca B., Ornela, Sara 

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Group B - Francesca A., Francesca B., Ornela, Sara 

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"Composed upon Westminster Bridge" is a sonnet composed by William Wordsworth in 1802.

The poet was walking across the bridge with his sister Dorothy at dawn on their way to station, from which they travelled to France.

The poet says that it was very early in the morning and the city was still asleep. Wordsworth stopped to contemplate the beautiful sight of the city, which appeared to him completely different from the industrial city usually full of smoke and noise.

We know of this thanks to his sister's diary, in which Dorothy describes their experience on that particular morning. The city appears silent, bare and calm and it seems to be asleep. It looks as if the city was just waking up. Here the poet is describing the city as a living being.

At the beginning the poet saw the city as an unpleasant place to live because of the effects of industralisation, the noise and the pollution. Afterwards he realizes the beauty and the majesty of it, even more beautiful because it will not last long. At this point the poet's heart is filled with wonder for the beauty of the sight.

This poem is a Petrarchan sonnet made up of 14 lines, whose rhyme scheme is ABBAABBA-CDCDCD. Although it is a Petrarchan sonnet, the two stanzas are not separated. Wordsworth uses some poetic devices like simile, list, personification, repetition, inversion and exclamation to create the powerful image of city as a living being. The main image that the poets creates to personify the city is that of the beauty of the morning which London is wearing like a garment.

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Good analysis of the main theme. Pls check out the corrections I made!

Not enough emphasis on the personification of Nature as a living being.

Good choice of vocabulary & linkers.

Just one question: What is the message conveyed?

All in all, Good job, girls :)

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Group C: Alessandra, Giorgia, Costanza, Ambra

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Group C: Alessandra, Giorgia, Costanza, Ambra

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COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

The poem was composed by William Wordsworth in 1802. It refers to a real experience which is also narrated in his sister's diary. They were in fact walking across the bridge early in the morning, when Wordsworth was fascinated by the view of the city still asleep.

The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, which is made up of two parts: the first part is an octave and the second part is a sestet.

In the beginning, the poet has a sensory experience which he then can recollect in tranquillity. After a walk over Westminster bridge, he describes the first sunrise over the city. London appears fair, regal, quiet, clean, full of light. The majesty of the city is emphasized by the fact that there are very few people around. The speaker creates a positive picture of the city, which is usually ugly and polluted by the industrial smokes of the factories, and he seems to be filled with the beauty and wonder of the scene.
In the sestet, thanks to his imagination, the poet is able to see something else. He reports his feeelings, emotions and sensation. The city is described through a personification as a living creature which brights, glitters and sleeps in the silent morning light.

Wordsworth used also other poetic devices such as exclamation ( line 11 ), inversion of word order (lines 9 and 11 ), lists ( line 5 and 6 ) and finally a repetition ( line 9 and 11 ). The rhyme scheme is ABBA ABBA ACDC DCD.

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WOW! Good! Pls check out the corrections I made!

My suggestion would only be that you add some reference to the usual appearance of an industrial town so as to highlight the contrast with the extraordinary beauty of the city asleep.

Maybe also some reference to the image of "the beauty of the morning" which the city is wearing like a garment.

Well done, girls

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Group D - Maria Clara, Lila, Beatrice and Emanuele

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Group D - Maria Clara, Lila, Beatrice and Emanuele

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"Composed upon Westminster Bridge"

This sonnet was composed by William Wordsworth in 1802. The poet was walking across Westminster Bridge at dawn. According to what Dorothy Wordsworth wrote in her diary, on that day they were on their way to the station and had to leave London to go to France.

In the beginning the poet felt anxious and stressed because of the voyage to France. When he saw the cityscape of London, with all its towers, domes, temples, ships, theatres and the river Thames gliding softly through it, his mood changed. The poet felt suddenly as calm and relaxed as the city which he described as being still asleep.

What emerges from the sonnet is a sight quite unfamiliar to the poet. Being still asleep, London appears completely different from the industrial city full of smoke and noise.

Even if this is a sonnet and as such it should be divided in different stanzas, the poem is made up of only one stanza of 14 lines. In addition, the poet uses some poetical devices like personification, simile, inversion and list to better express his feelings in front of the city. In particular the image, created through a personification by the poet, presents London like a person wearing an unusual garment which is "the beauty of the morning".

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Good description of the poetic features and devices. Not as much of the poet's feelings.

Pls check out the corrections I made!

I would add something more about the sense of wonder which the poet is filled up with at the unexpected sight of London.

Mention the contrast between the frequently ugly, polluted image of an industrial town and the unusual majesty of London caught early in the morning like in a snapshot.

Mention how this can be described as a simple incident of life and a glorification of commonplace through which Wordsworth aims at creating great "democratic" poetry.

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An image can be worth a thousand words...

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An image can be worth a thousand words...

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Watch this video and enjoy a glorious lesson on the importance of Beauty in our lives!

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Upon Westminster Bridge, William Wordsworth, Illustrated Poem

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Upon Westminster Bridge, William Wordsworth, Illustrated Poem, written in 1802. Music is by John Barry for the film 'Somewhere in Time'. Composed upon Westminster Bridge Written on the roof of a coach, on my way to France.