Review on, "A sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September, 1802", By William Wordsw

Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

Earth has not anything 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 splendor, 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!

REVIEW:

While crossing over the Westminster Bridge, the speaker makes a bold statement:" Earth has anything to show more fair,. Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty" The author seems to admire the view and is in awe, over and beauty and the art symmetry wrapped into that particular piece of nature., the speaker in his admiration is so convinced that not a soul could pass the serene and peaceful sight that laid before him.

"This City now doth, like a garment, wear. The beauty of the morning; silent, bare" these lines in the poem hint that maybe the morning, not London itself, is responsible for the stunning quality of the view seen from the bridge at dawn in the sleeping city. Again words like "silent" and "bare" are positioned in the poem such that they could describe the morning . "Smokeless." and " the very house seem asleep" imply that neither the characteristic London Fog nor smoke from chimneys or the sleeping people could conceal the bright light. The author could also feel despair because as the day goes by and the people of London awake the scene set by the poem would be ignored or forgotten and the glitter in the smokeless sky would no longer be as tranquil as the dawn transitions to noon.

Despite being all crowded together within one city, the speaker gives an impression of spaciousness by noting that the ships and buildings are "open" to the fields of London and to the sky.

In general terms, William Wordsworth describes some of the sights that are visible from Westminster Bridge through the emotions he had in those exact moments on September 3rd, 1802.