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“Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”. By William Wordsworth (1770- 1850) (First year Compulsory English Course ). The Poet. William W ordsworth Poet of Nature Pioneer of the Romantic Era The Poet Laureate. The Romantic Poetry. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge”
ByWilliam Wordsworth (1770- 1850)
(First year Compulsory English Course)
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The Poet
• William Wordsworth • Poet of Nature• Pioneer of the Romantic Era• The Poet Laureate
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The Romantic Poetry• “Poetry is a
spontaneous overflow of emotions recollected in tranquility.
• Main Romantic poets; Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron and Keats.
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Sonnet Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
• What is a Sonnet?• Origin of sonnet.• Types of sonnet.• Parts of sonnet.• Octave (first eight
lines)• Sestet (Last six
Lines)
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• The composition of Sonnet by Wordsworth reflects the romantic belief that beauty is a perpetual source of joy and relaxation as is said by Keats:
“ A thing of Beauty is a joy forever”
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• Wordsworth got captivated by the heavenly beauty of London at dawn, while enjoying his morning walk on the Westminster bridge.
• He captured the scene with the help of his inward eye and later on recollected the same by making use of his rich imagination and composed this beautiful sonnet.
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• The sonnet enjoys a unique status in the collection of Wordsworth’s poetry.
• The uniqueness of the sonnet lies in the fact that here poet admires the man-made beauty unlike his common practice of appreciating natural beauty.
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Use of Figures of Speech
• Simile• Metaphor• Personification• Alliteration
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Thank youShireen khan
Asst. ProfessorEnglish Department
DA College for Women Phase 8