Write about three poems, which convey the atmosphere of a particular place. (Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost, The Barn by Seamus Heaney, Composed Upon Westminster Bridge - Wordsworth)

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Write about three poems, which convey the atmosphere of a particular place. Describe each place and show how the poet has communicated its special atmosphere

 

        I am going to write about three poems, which I think, go into great detail in describing the place or places where the poem is being set. The reason why I picked these poems is that these poems all are very touching to many peoples feelings as they all give the reader great description of what the places may look or feel like. The poems are “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” by William Wordsworth, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, “The Barn” by Seamus Heaney.

        The first poem that I am going to examine is “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. William Wordsworth was a Romantic poet. The poem is set in the early morning where there is no hustle, bustle and noise. In this poem Wordsworth has written about London in the nineteenth century. He makes it clear that the sleeping city viewed in the early morning sunlight is as beautiful as that of a natural landscape. He tries to make it clear to us that nothing could compare to this scene and anyone who thinks otherwise is a dull person.

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        At that time London was the centre of Europe, if not the world. In his poetry, he is a poet of primary and natural things. In lines nine and ten “Never did sun more beautifully steep in his first splendour, valley, rock or hill”. He tries to tell us that the sun never shone more beautifully over the rocks of the country-side than in London and that the city is as beautiful or if not even more beautiful than the country side. He makes it clear that this is a very positive experience of his. In ...

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