This essay is about comparing the two poems London and Composed upon a westminster bridge , london is by a man named William Blake who has a very bad view of london during the romantic period and C.U.W.B

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Examine the representation of london in the

romantic period in the two poems 'London' and

'Composed upon a westminster bridge'

This essay is about  comparing the two poems London and

Composed upon a westminster bridge , london is by a man

named William Blake who has a very bad view of london

during the romantic period and C.U.W.B is by a man named

William Wordsworth who had  a relitively good view of

london , but i'll go on to that later..

Anyway , in the poem ,  London , Blake mentions in stanza  

1 the word CHARTERED twice , this emphasises how

everything in london is owned by the rich , Blake has his

view like this because when he was around he wasnt the

richest man on earth , but , with Wordsworth its a

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completely different story , because , he sees london as a

masterpiece of gods creation , he doesnt actually say that in

the poem but that is what he is getting at ,  he doesnt really

take notice of the class system , he concentrates more on

london itself and how beautiful it is .

In stanza 1 also , Blake mentions the word's MARK and

MARKS several times , which is his way of suggesting that

the poor have lost their identity and dont really have a

purpose to live ...

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