WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A ROMANTIC POE
i.
List some of the important characteristics of
Romantic Poetry. ii. In what ways was the Romantic movement revolutionary? iii.
What does Wordsworth say about the creative process? iv. Where is the poet
placed by the Romantics
ii.
THE POEM
iii.
Composed upon Westminster Bridge (September
1802) Earth has not any thing to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who
could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a
garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes,
theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and
glittering in the smokeless air, Never did sun more beautifully steep In his
first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
iv.
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet
will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying
still!
v.
i. How is the city of London presented in the
poem? ii. Bring out the harmony between civilization and nature in this poem.
iii. Explain the sonnet form used by Wordsworth here. iv. Explain the metaphor
‘mighty heart’ used in the last line of the poem
vi.
