On the other hand, in ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’, Wordsworth shows in his perspective that nothing is controlled in the city,”The river glideth at his own sweet will.” The verb ‘glideth’ shows how the river is uncontrolled and ‘own sweet will’ emphasizes the way the river flows freely. Wordsworth talks about the mind being free and relaxed, “Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!” The adjective ‘deep’ shows how immense the tranquility is. It also shows how the poem is personal, “Ne’er saw I.” He sets the scene in the morning, creating a feeling of calmness and peace, “The beauty of the morning; silent, bare.” The noun ‘beauty’ implies splendor and magnificence, showing the opposite of what Blake writes about ‘London’. The adjective ‘silent’ is also the opposite of what Blake writes in ‘London’, “How the youthful Harlot’s curse”. Wordsworth mentions the daffodils as people, “When all at once I saw a crowd.” Similarly, he uses personification, ‘crowd’, to imply that everyone is unified in nature. He uses color in his poem to indicate a deeper meaning, “A host, of golden daffodils.” The adjective “golden” illustrates purity as well, therefore connecting it to innocence. The noun ‘host’ has a slight religious tone, which also relates to purity. ‘The Daffodils’ has eight syllables in each line. This makes the poem seem more complex than ‘Spring’.
In ‘Spring’, a lively tone is repeated throughout the poem,”Merrily, merrily we welcome in the year.” The adverb ‘merrily’ is repeated to highlight the positive tone of the poem and to make it last longer. The pronoun ‘we welcome in the year’ also shows us how everyone is unified in nature. Blake uses colour to expand the meaning of the sentence, “Come and lick my white neck.” The adjective ‘white’ shows that the color white signifies purity. Blake also uses youth in his poems, "Little boy, full of joy." The adjective 'little' describes youth, which relates to innocence and naivety. It has three syllables in each line, "Sound the flute!" This makes the poem flow and also makes it seem childlike.
‘The Garden of Love’ is a poem of experience. In it, Blake uses more drama than Wordsworth. He writes it in first person,
“I went to the Garden of Love.” He uses the phrase ‘ Garden of Love’ ironically which shows that he means it sarcastically and it really isn’t a garden of love. In it, he uses the word ‘and’ on nearly every sentence, “And the gates of this Chapel were shut.” He stresses this word to show how he can’t stop himself from saying all the bad things the church has done. Blake also talks about how the church was ruining nature, “And tomb-stones where flowers should be.” The noun ‘tomb-stones’ shows how instead of the beauty of nature, they build an unattractive site.
‘Jerusalem’ uses rhetorical questions, “And did those feet in ancient time walk upon England’s mountains green?” This creates an effect on the reader by pulling him into the poem. Blake also talks about the past beauty of England. Blake criticizes the Industrial Revolution in his poem ‘Jerusalem’, “And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic mills?” The adjective ‘Satanic’ signifies evil. This shows how much Blake despises The Industrial Revolution and how he thinks its demonic.
From this essay, I conclude that William Blake and William Wordsworth have the same views of nature before the Industrial Revolution but take different paths after it.
