London Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd 1802

I wander thro' each charter'd street, Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
And mark in every face I meet A sight so touching in its majesty:
Marks of weakness, marks of woe. This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
In every cry of every Man, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
In every Infant’s cry of fear, Open unto the fields, and to the sky;
In every voice: in every ban, All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear: Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;
How the Chimney-sweeper’s cry Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Every black’ning Church appalls, The river glideth at his own sweet will:
And the hapless Soldier’s sigh Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;
Runs in blood down Palace walls; And all that mighty heart is lying still!

But most thro' midnight streets I hear William Wordsworth

How the youthful Harlot’s curse
Blasts the new-born Infant’s tear
And blights with plagues the Marriage hearse.
Compare the ways the writers present the city in ‘London’ and
William Blake ‘Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3rd 1802’.

In your answer you should compare:

Glossary:
 charter’d – a charter is a document that grants ownership
and rights to individuals, usually for profit
 manacles – chains
 hearse – vehicle used to transport a coffin
 the ideas in the poems
 the poets’ use of language
 the poets’ use of form and structure.
Use evidence from the poems to support your comparison.