Composed Upon Westminster Bridge By: William Wordsworth

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Composed Upon Westminster BridgeBy William
Wordsworth
Poetry for Prep 3

• By Samir Omara
• Teacher of English ,IDEL School

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Who was William Wordsworth?

• He was a great romantic poet who was born in 1770
  and died in 1850.

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Watch Answer

• 1-Where do you live?

2-How is your hometown affected by nature?
2-How is your hometown affected by the human
activities?
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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!
Glossary
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Read, Paraphrase Comment
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.
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Read, Paraphrase Comment
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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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 b a a b b a c d c d c d
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Get into groups Discuss

• 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".
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Lets Check
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Glossary
meaning word line
beautiful fair 1
not lively dull 2
mans emotional nature soul 2
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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