Compare and Contrast the depiction of London in Upon Westminster Bridge and From a London Drawing Room

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English Coursework - Poem Comparison

Compare and Contrast the depiction of London in Upon Westminster Bridge and From a London Drawing Room

The title of each sets the scene of where the poem is being written. From a London Drawing Room represents a high status and class. Upon Westminster Bridge is also literal as Wordsworth is describing his exact sights and feelings as does Eliot in From a London Drawing Room. The perspective is set very clearly in both poems.

From a London Drawing Room is blank verse. The rhythm is no doubt placed to represent the monotony of London and how boring it is and also the endless, repetitive hustle and bustle. Upon Westminster Bridge is a Petrachan sonnet, has a rhyme scheme of ABBA CDC CDC and constant rhythm. It is Iambic Pentameter. It can be divided into an octet, which is descriptive of London, and a sestet, which is a natural world description, which also focuses on his emotions.

The tone of From A London Drawing Room is very bored and pessimistic about London itself. It is bored at the monotony of the entire affair of living there. Upon Westminster Bridge is