"Comparison of 4 different poems with different aspects"

The next poem that i will be describing is ' The Passionate Shepherd To His Love'. 'The Passionate Shepherd To His Love' is a poem that is abot a shepherd that is trying to persuade his love to live with him in the countryside. The tone of the poem is very sentimental which also means that the poem also has a romantic tone to it. Nature is presented in a certain way in the poem. The countryside itself is also describes as a pastoral picture as this is shown in the second stanza in the poem as he says what he will do if his love comes to live with him in the countryside. And in the sixth stanza of the poem it describes to his love that he/she will enjoy it in the countryside. The use that the poem makes of the senses is that he tries to get the reader to sense all 4 senses in the poem. He tries to get the sense of hear in the poem by using the language 'singing madrigals' which describes the sounds of the countryside and he refers to the smell of the countryside with the quotation 'a thousand fragrant posies' whcih gives a second sense in the poem. The last sense that Marlowe describes in the poem is the sense of touch when the shepherd says 'a gown made of the finest wool'. The poet's use of language in the play is that he suggests a lot about the countryside and is eager as he uses the language 'come live with me and be my love' twice in the poem at the beginning and end of the poem to show this. Another example of Marlowe's use of language in the play is when the shepherd says ' i will make thee beds of roses' which is a marriage proposal and is also exaggeration. He also focuses to the season spring by using the language 'each may morning' and 'our pretty lambs' which are obviously things that are to do with spring. In the poem there are revelances to social context. The shepherd has intentions throughout the poem are to get 'his love' to come and live with him, he only asks his love to come and live with him rather than be his wife or husband if his love is a man! because he probably thinks that he is not yet ready to have a husband or wife. The description of the shepherd as 'passionate' suggests that the shepherd has strong emotions and has desire. The poem was written in a period when Britain was largely rural  and was mostly made up of contryside and life for the peasants who worked the land was hard. Most people had dreamt of living in the city as they were worried about the plague and the impression given of the countryside in the poem is that it is a nice place to live and is a very peaceful place as he uses a few senses and persuasion and this is different as in the poem the country is described as a positive place while the people didnt want to live there and would rather live in the city. The structure of the poem is that it has six stanzas and four lines in each stanza with each stanza describing different things. The rhyme scheme of the poem is aa,bb which are rhyming couplets and this is used for effect. The rhythm of the poem is that it is set out to be a smooth and gentle poem but then it is set out to sound as if the shepherd is singing. The reason why the poet might have wrote in this way is that he wanted the poem to sound effective and to build tension. The rhythm is hypnotic  and it adds to the persuasiveness of the sheherd's words as it makes his words sound more exciting and it reflects on the romantic style that Marlowe is trying to create of the countryside. The poem presents an idealistic view of the countryside. It mentions all the good points of the countryside and does not mention any bad points. This is different to 'The Eagle as the eagle describes more bad points and is a shorter poe with lots of description of nature. Marlowe's opinion of life in the cities is more negative than 'The Eagle' as 'The Eagle' makes the city sound like a better place to live.

The next poem that i will be describing is 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge'. The poem is about the city of London and its good features and the tone of the poem is stunned and in awe of the city. The city is presented in a certain way in the poem, Wordsworth uses a similie on line 4 which is 'like garment wear' which stops by the sight of beauty. He also uses personification in lines 4,5,10,12 and 13 to praise the city and its occupants. An example of this is 'like garment wear' which means that Wordsworth is stopped by the sight of beauty, another example of personification is when Wordsworth desribes ' In his first splendour' which means that the sun has the power to make it beautiful, Wordsworth also uses more personification when he descirbes ' at his own sweet will' which means that the river has a smooth surface and also adds to the overall effect of a frozen moment in time. Other techniques that the poet is to keep the reader in suspense in the first three lines of the poem. Wordsworth also uses some old fashioned words in the poem that would not have been used today such as 'doth' instead of 'does' and 'glideth' instead of 'glides'. The strong claim of the first line of the poem says that the beauty of the city and countryside has more to offer as the quotation 'Earth has not anything to show more fair' explains this. The words 'splendour' and 'majesty' add to the impression given of the city as these words are describing the city as a nice place as good points are given of it. The poem is written as a sonnet. Key features of the poem that make it sound like a sonnet are the fact that the poet shows his love for the city as the poem written as a sonnet was traditional. Wordsworht has chosen to write in this form as he wanted the poem to be long enough to describe the good points about London and he also wanted to make the poem sound effective. The poem manages to be neither entirely realistic or idealistic as the poet emphasizes the good points about London but later on the poem he says that when the factories have started up the air will be far from smokeless which is what he describes it earlier in the poem.

The final poem that i will be describing in this essay is 'London'. The poem is about the city of London and the poet describes the misery and suffering of many Londoners. The tone of the poem is angry and bitter as the poet is angry about the events in London and his words are quite forceful. The city is presented in the poem in a certain way. Blake describes the streets and river Thames as 'chartered' as they are under control of those in power. Blake repeats the word 'mark' in the poem to represent some of the bad points of London and make it sound like a bad place. It is used with different meanings as one of the words means signs as  Blake uses the quotation 'marks of weakness' the other meaning is that it is representing another bad point of the city. Blake also uses the metaphor 'minged-forged manacles' which means that  the peoples minds are not free and are chained. The church is 'blakening' as the word describes its reputation by ignoring the needs of the poor, Blake also uses alliteration when he uses the words 'blasts' and blights' the effect of these is that they describe the poets feelings which are bad as he says that young prostitutes have unwanted babies. The poet uses a oxymoron at the end of the poem which is 'marriage hearse' which is describing that Blake shows us how close life and death can be in London. The poem is from a collection called The Songs of Experience which means that it is set out to sound like a song. The reasons for this are because of the poet's use of language the use of repetition throughout the poem which makes the stanzas sound like the verse of a song. This is also because of the use of straight-forward language as there are not many complicated words used in the poem. In the poem there is revelance of social context. The poem was written near the time of the French Revolution and blake gives a warning of this in lines 11 and 12 when he says 'and the hapless soldiers sigh' runs in blood downpalace walls' which is a warning as Blake is describing that if you decide to join the ary you will face the consequences. Blake is also angry with the church as it didnt have great power and didnt help children who were chimney sweepers, as also there is language 'youthful' prostitutes which is not describing children very well. Blake and Wordsworth both wrote about London at the same time. The images in 'London' compared with those in 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge' is when the quotation ' the river glideth at his own sweet will' represets the rich taking advantage of the poor whilst in Blake's London the quotation 'chartered thames' describes the river being under control. Wordsworth describes London as 'that mighty heart' which means that London has a rhythm  when the citizens are awake which in other words is describing the city being a heart beat and Blake's impression  of the people of London is that they are not that nice people.The poem is the complete opposite of 'The Passionate Shepherd To His Love' as 'London' is written as a more negative poem as it looks at more bad points than 'The Shepherd To His Love'.

I will now conclude the essay. The poem that i feel is closest to truth is 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge' as a lot of the points in the poem i feel are true about the city of London as there are a lot of good points. There are different effects of each poem on the reader. The effect of 'The Eagle' on the reader is that it is a short poem trying to give different points about the countryside to the reader. 'The Passionate Shepherd To His Love' effect is to try and make the reader think that the countryside is a great place to live as it is an idealistic poem, 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge's' effect on the reader is to make the reader think that living in the city is a good place as it gives good points ainly but also gives some bad points aswell. 'London's' effect on the reader is to make the reader think that London is not a great place to be living in because of all the dangers in the city at that time.