these two poems contrast as a London fete is a negative mood and composed upon Westminster Bridge is a
positive mood.
The setting to these two poets are important to themes it sets the mood and the scene for the poem. For
example in composed upon Westminster bridge the fact that it is the morning and bright it makes the poem
happy not sad. In know that the setting is in the poem because the poem says “the beauty of the morning,
so silent so bare” and the fact that in the morning the sun is shining and it’s peaceful creates the right
atmosphere that the poet wants. In London fete it will be darker as the first line sets the scene. It says “all
nights fell “which shows it is at night and this sets the scene for the poem. As it is a negative poem if it was
a bright colourful day then the negative mood that is created in this poem wouldn’t be created. This shows
how having the right type of time of day is important to the poet as it helps them set the mood to there
poem.
Both these poems are alike because there set in London but that’s when the similarities end. A London fete
is a narrative poem, the start of the poem explains how a, man is brought out to be hanged as the poem says
“they brought the man out to be hanged” which starts the story of the poem off, the middle of the poem
explains how the audience is waiting with excitement for this man to be hanged, for example the text says
“struggles for betting standings ended” this shows that they are all excited to watch this evil deed to be
done. At the end of the poem it finishes the story with how little children who watched this murder were
influenced by it and started killing other things as at the end of the poem it says “ two children caught and
hanged a cat” which shows the affect from watching the hanging filled them with anger and violence.
Westminster bridge is a descriptive poem know this because in the poem he describes things such as “this
city now doth, like a garment” which is him describing beauty as wealth, and also “and to the sky, all bright
and glittering in the smokeless air” which is him describing how the sky is clean and unpolluted. The poet
describes about each one to make the poem sensuous and to show bow beautiful this view he is looking at
is.
The styles of these two poems describes some of the 5 senses
For example in Westminster bridge it says “a sight so touching in its majesty” which is him describing the
view from his eyes.
In a London fete Coventry pat more uses techniques such as metaphors. The poem says “others enjoyed
his wicked treat” which is him using his imagination to make the poem more interesting.
The poet of composed upon Westminster bridge also uses techniques such as similes. For example “a sight
so touching in its majesty” which is him comparing beauty to wealth and power. Both these poets use these
techniques to emphasis there point and feelings.
Coventry Patmore wrote the poem “a London fete” in 1890 after public executions had stopped. Composed
upon Westminster Bridge was wrote on September the third 1802.
From the where the poem was written so long ago it explains how beautiful London is. London today isn’t
beautiful which is how the attitude changes, instead of a positive poem it would be a negative poem.
The attitude in a London fete would also be different compared to now. In the poem people are excited
about watching the hanging; if hangings still existed today people wouldn’t be cheering on or waiting for a
man to be killed. My evidence for them being excited is “who spread their hands and crowded with glee”
If both poems were wrote in these days both attitudes would be different.
Both these poems are written in parts. A London fete is written in 5 parts.
The first part is when the mans brought out to be hanged “they brought the man out to be hanged”. The
second part is them getting excited about the hanging “a single cry that shook the air” the third part is
people waiting for the hanging to happen “thousands of breasts beat horrid hope, thousands of eyeballs lit
with hell” the fourth part is the hanging taking place “the rope flew tight and then the roar” and the final part
is the affect on those who watched “a baby strung its doll to a stick”
Westminster Bridge is in 3 parts. the first part is him describing how beautiful the world is “ earth has not
anything to show more fair” the second part is him explaining the beauty of the city “ the city now doth like
a garment wear” and the last part is him explaining how peaceful and calm he feels “ ne’er saw,ne’er felt a
calm so deep”
Both of the poems structures are written in parts.
A London fete is in 3rd person and this shows that it is less personal because when people write in third
person it is normally a story. My evidence for this is “they bought the man out to be hanged” and it sounds
more like a story line
Westminster Bridge is written in 1st person. It shows that it’s personal to the poet because it shows his
feelings and thoughts on what he sees. For example “ne’er saw, ne’er felt a calm so deep” this shows how
the poet feels and it’s his view point from himself.
In a London fete the poem seems to describe how he feels on hangings. He objects to the event and the
effect on those who watch. It seems to be that he’s trying to show the cruelty to hangings but not just to
the person who was killed. For example “two children caught and hanged a cat” which shows that he’s
watching someone being killed has made animals victims too. This is a good technique because it makes
people emphasise the animal cruelty and disagree with hangings.
In composed upon Westminster Bridge, by the way the poet uses calm and peaceful words it makes you
feel relaxed and in a cheerful mood.
The poet seems to want us to be more grateful to god as the poem says “dear god the very houses seem
asleep” and it seems he’s being thankful and wants readers to be too.
Both these poems are good poems because they involve feelings and thoughts and I think that the poets
put a lot of thought into writing them.
