Beauty in the World William Wordsworth was an amazing poet during the end of the 18th century and he was one of the poets that helped found the Romantic Movement in English literature. His poetry was seeking a way to unite tranquility of nature with the inner emotional world of man. In his poems, “The World is too much with us” and “Composed upon Westminster Bridge”, William Wordsworth expresses his taste with humanity plus the lack of appreciation of nature and wonders of the world, with the use of symbols, imagery, metaphors, and Rhyme.
Symbols are important roles that take place in both of Wordsworth poems. Wordsworth talks about Beauty in both his poems to show us how it is with us everywhere, in nature and in the city. In his poem; “The …show more content…
He is able to properly express himself using imagery to connect his audience and his experiences by properly “showing” us how it is done. Nature is something Wordsworth shows us in both his poems using imagery, In “The world is too much with us,” Wordsworth shows us the image of a remote location as the ocean away from any civilization,” This sea that bares her bosom to the moon;/The winds that will be howling at all hours, / And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;/for this, for everything we are out of tune;” (7-8). Wordsworth shows us the experience of being by the ocean in a remote location. We can experience how quiet it is as we can hear the winds “ howling” as well as how it is in a remote location by saying,” This sea that bares her bosom to the moon” in line 7 he is saying that because there is no civilization nearby or light we can see the moon reflecting onto the surface of the ocean. Imagery is also shown in his poem “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” on more than one occasion trying to show the reader of the beauty of the city is also as great as it is to Nature. Wordsworth shows us this in “ This city now doth, like a garment, wear/The beauty of the morning; silent bare” shows the reader the morning beauty of a foggy morning in London and how it is like a garment surrounding the
Symbols are important roles that take place in both of Wordsworth poems. Wordsworth talks about Beauty in both his poems to show us how it is with us everywhere, in nature and in the city. In his poem; “The …show more content…
He is able to properly express himself using imagery to connect his audience and his experiences by properly “showing” us how it is done. Nature is something Wordsworth shows us in both his poems using imagery, In “The world is too much with us,” Wordsworth shows us the image of a remote location as the ocean away from any civilization,” This sea that bares her bosom to the moon;/The winds that will be howling at all hours, / And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;/for this, for everything we are out of tune;” (7-8). Wordsworth shows us the experience of being by the ocean in a remote location. We can experience how quiet it is as we can hear the winds “ howling” as well as how it is in a remote location by saying,” This sea that bares her bosom to the moon” in line 7 he is saying that because there is no civilization nearby or light we can see the moon reflecting onto the surface of the ocean. Imagery is also shown in his poem “Composed upon Westminster Bridge” on more than one occasion trying to show the reader of the beauty of the city is also as great as it is to Nature. Wordsworth shows us this in “ This city now doth, like a garment, wear/The beauty of the morning; silent bare” shows the reader the morning beauty of a foggy morning in London and how it is like a garment surrounding the