Emotions in Composed Upon Westminster Bridge and Pied Beauty

ESSAY QUESTION: WITH REFERENCE TO COMPOSED UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AND PIED BEAUTY BY G.M HOPKINS DICUSS THE REASON FOR THE POETS AWE AND ADMIRATION, AND HOW EACH POET EMPLOYED METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO EXPRESS THESE EMOTIONS. ( This is an AS (6 form/ year 12) essay question) The two poems Pied Beauty by G.M. Hopkins and Composed Upon Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth are both an expression of awe and admiration. In Pied Beauty Hopkins admires the beauty of the world and Gods creation, the diversity, impurities and range of all that is on earth, techniques such as juxtapositions, rhetorical questions and imperatives are used to imply this. Wordsworth feels awe and admires the†¦show more content†¦or the side of a trout. Everything is beautiful that is God?s creation. Hopkins marvels the impurities of the world ?whatever is fickle, freckled? and how ever thing is different and unique. He see everything is linked whether it is natural of man-made all are part of god creation Juxtapositions and contrasts are used in the poem to show how everything in the world can be beautiful, no matter how different. For example the line ?swift, slow, sweet, sour, adazzle, dim? are examples of this. They are all opposites thing but all are placed together and beautiful. The rhetorical question in line 8 ?who know how is implying that he doesn?t know how things work and how God created them. This creates an effect of spiritual mystery over Gods purpose and design. This in turn increases the awe as he cannot see the details of God?s plan. A technique used by Hopkins is imperative he uses this to portray the idea that you must worship God ?Praise him?, ?Glory be to God?. This imperative encourages the reader to share the poet?s admiration William Wordsworth admires the beauty of the natural world when it?s in harmony with the made-made world. Wordsworth found a moment of tranquillity between the natural and man-made world. He is awe-struck by the huge diversity of activity spread out before him, all ?steep(ed)? in the beautiful sunrise. He feels the city is like a woman wearing a beautiful ?garment?. He