Compare the different impressions of London that are created in Wordsworth's 'Composed upon Westminister Bridge' and Blakes 'L

sigh runs in blood down palace-walls”.  This suggests that he blames the government for sending out soldiers to fight and die for no real reason.  He then talks about how prostitution is all over. “How the youthful harlots curse blasts the new-born infant's tear, and blights with plagues the marriage-hearse”.  This implies that even the pure like marriage and giving birth is covered in the background by the impure prostitution, and this corrupts everything.  The poem is literally about the bad points of London as he walks through the ‘chartered’ streets, this is what comes to his mind and what he sees. Blake makes London sound like it’s the last place you want to be.  While on the other hand Wordsworth starts off by talking about the morning and the beautiful scenery of the capital of England. He uses a lot of imagery and famous places to paint a picture.  “The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky”  He also talks about nature and how the sun rises in the morning and how it glitters across the ‘smokeless air’ literally he sees London as the capital of the country.  “Dull would he be of soul who could pass by a sight so touching in its majesty:” This quote proves to us that William Wordsworth loves the scenery in London and he is touched when he drives by the majesty’s house its like it’s the most beautiful scenery he has ever seen whereas Blake seems to talk a lot more about people, death, and history.  Although Wordsworth doesn’t really take the people of London into account.  This is a big difference in both poems as it changes the whole image of both poems.  The poem seems to paint this vivid picture in our minds but the main difference seems to be that Wordsworth paints a happy picture whereas Blake paints a horrible picture.  Wordsworth seems to also use a lot of imagery in the poem.  For example “This City now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning;”  This simile describes the city wearing the softest and stunning looking clothes which simply slide over your skin and make you feel good and comfortable.  That’s how he sees the city.  Blake also used an onomatopoeia when he says, “’Blasts’ the new-born infant's tear”. This gives the reader the feel of the impact that the word ‘blast’ wants to create     Blake makes his poem sound painful and full of suffer ness he does this by using words like ‘chartered’ which he often repeats and dirty words like Harlot meaning a prostitute he also sets the scene in the evening and makes it sound painful and distress Blake starts to show anger and hatred “In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forged manacles I hear” His tone of voice changes, he uses more repetition.  He also uses more rhythm but the way it is read it makes it sound as if he is angry as when you are angry you start to repeat a lot of words.  Not only that the repetition also seems to emphasise the pain and suffer ness everywhere.  Wordsworth’s poem also shows repetition the word ‘never’ he repeats this twice as he is in excitement after seeing the sunrise over the beautiful scenery of London.       The structure, rhyme and rhythm of both poems are also different William Blake’s poem is divided in 4 regular stanzas whereas William Wordsworths poem is in a sonnet.  London has four lines in each stanza and 4 different stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme this gives a regular rhyme and rhythm.  It’s almost like a dull song theirs no excitement.  The poem gives us an image of the writer walking slowly through the streets of London and everything is the same. However ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’ is 14 lines long and a sonnet.  The first 8 lines has an abb rhyme scheme and the last 6 lines has an abab rhyme scheme.  This shows Wordsworth in the first eight lines is taking in the scenery so he stops and start.  In the last 6 lines Wordsworth describes his surprise and excitement at such beauty so the rhythm is faster.  Sonnets were used for love poems in those day so this suggests that Wordsworths poem is a love poem for London.         Basically I feel Blake’s poem was more about the dull, cruel and horrifying side to London Whereas Wordsworths poem was about the nature of London, the places which make London what it is.  I found that both poems are biased they only seem to talk about one side of London at a particular time, so it’s only their point of view.