Although the poems 'London' by William Blake and 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth are both about the city of London they are very different in many ways. Throughout this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the romantic visions found within each of them, their use of stylistic features and how they reflect the Romantic period. The poem 'London' is about a man wandering through the streets of London sharing his thoughts and …showed first 75 words of 1353 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1353 total…liberation. These two poems have very different outlooks and viewpoints on the same city. One poet sees it as a corrupt place of horror, pain, anguish, sin and death whereas the other sees it as something of an amazing sense of enlightenment, beauty and takes pleasure out of experiencing it. It just goes to show that everyone has their own opinions and it really is true that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder'.