1. Composed Upon Westminster Bridge By: William Wordsworth
Poetry for Prep 3
By: Samir Omara
Teacher of English ,IDEL School

2. Who was William Wordsworth?
He was a great romantic poet who was born in 1770 and died in 1850.
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3. Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
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1-Where do you live?
2-How is your hometown affected by nature?
2-How is your hometown affected by the human activities?
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

4. In pairs, read the poem & find the main idea
1-Earth has not anything to show more fair: 2-Dull would he be of soul who could pass by 3-A sight so touching in its majesty; 4-This City now doth, like a garment, wear 5-The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, 6-Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie 7-Open unto the fields, and to the sky; 8-All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. 9-Never did sun more beautifully steep 10-In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; 11-Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! 12-The river glideth at his own sweet will: 13-Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; 14-And all that mighty heart is lying still!
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5. -Main ideas: 1-London is a very nice place.
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1-Earth has not anything to show more fair: 2-Dull would he be of soul who could pass by 3-A sight so touching in its majesty; 4-This City now doth, like a garment, wear 5-The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, 6-Ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples lie 7-Open unto the fields, and to the sky; 8-All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
-Main ideas: 1-London is a very nice place.
2-Nature and objects are in harmony.
-Figure of Speech: A personification is in line 1.
-Sound Technique: An alliteration is in line 2.
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

6. -Main ideas: 1-River Thames flows sweetly.
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9-Never did sun more beautifully steep 10-In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; 11-Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! 12-The river glideth at his own sweet will: 13-Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; 14-And all that mighty heart is lying still!
-Main ideas: 1-River Thames flows sweetly.
2-Beautiful nature is asleep.
-Figure of Speech: A simile is in line 13.
-Sound Technique: An alliteration is in line 11.
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7. What about the rhyme scheme?
1-fair: 2-by 3-majesty; 4-wear 5-bare, 6-lie 7-sky; 8-air. 9-steep 10-hill; 11-deep! 12-will: 13-asleep; 14-still! a b c d
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8. Composed Upon Westminster Bridge
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1-" Composed upon Westminster Bridge "is a romantic sonnet.
2-William Wordsworth drew a very nice picture of London in his sonnet "Composed upon Westminster Bridge".
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge

9. More W. Wordsworth Poems
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11. man’s emotional nature having or shoeing superior power
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meaning
word
line
beautiful
fair 1
not lively
dull 2
man’s emotional nature
soul
greatness
majesty 3
clothing
garment 4
to involve deeply in
steep 9
moves slowly
glideth 12
having or shoeing superior power
mighty 14
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