poem "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth

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"Composed upon Westminster Bridge" is a sonnet by William Wordsworth that vividly celebrates the serene, early-morning beauty of London as seen from Westminster Bridge.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
sonnet ⓘ
author William Wordsworth ⓘ
contrasts stillness of morning with usual city activity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfComposition 3 September 1802 ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1807 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Poems, in Two Volumes ⓘ
focusesOn visual perception of the city ⓘ
form Petrarchan sonnet ⓘ
fullTitle Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus frequently anthologized English poem ⓘ
hasIllustrativeDevice hyperbole ⓘ
imagery ⓘ
personification ⓘ
simile ⓘ
includedIn English literature curricula ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement English Romantic movement ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
literaryPeriod Romanticism ⓘ
mainTheme awe before nature and the cityscape ⓘ
spiritual response to beauty ⓘ
tranquility ⓘ
urban beauty ⓘ
mentions River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames

domes ⓘ
ships ⓘ
temples ⓘ
theatres ⓘ
meter iambic pentameter ⓘ
numberOfLines 14 ⓘ
openingLine Earth has not anything to show more fair: ⓘ
placeOfComposition London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publisherOfFirstEdition Longman ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ⓘ
The Prelude ⓘ
rhymeScheme ABBAABBA CDCDCD ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingDetail view of London from Westminster Bridge ⓘ
speaker first-person observer ⓘ
subjectOf literary criticism ⓘ
subjectOfDescription the city of London ⓘ
linked to: City of London
timeSetting early morning ⓘ
sunrise ⓘ
tone contemplative ⓘ
reverent ⓘ
voltaPosition line 9 ⓘ

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Westminster Bridge → featuredIn → poem "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth ⓘ
Poems, in Two Volumes → hasPart → Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 ⓘ
linked to: poem "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth
work of William Wordsworth → includesWork → Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 ⓘ
linked to: poem "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth