composed upon westminster bridge
...ey are humans, he also describes them as "glittering" in the clean air which acts as a reference to the pollution where he is very happy because the air is "smokeless" which increases his joy towards this wonderful day. He then describes the steeping sun as enlightening a landscape to give it a sense of tranquility therefore giving him a feeling of great relaxation and awe. The river "glideth" as it wishes which reveals how smooth he felt to reflect on the movement of the river as if it moves "his own sweet will". And in the last two lines he talk about how the houses seem to him as "asleep" and that "And all that mighty heart is lying still!" describing the lack of rhythm in a personified manner. Personifications as well as similes are used in a very effective manner that serves the tone as well as the theme greatly. For example earth is personified in the first line as a being that has possessions that he can show off, for example, its cities. The city is then personified in line four, as a person wearing a fine robe. Also The River is personified in line twelve: The River glideth at his own sweet will, showing connection in the view of the city. The houses are asleep in line thirteen, a definite personification. The mighty Heart is lying still in the last line is hyperbole as well as personification: it serves to show that in the stillness of the city which cannot make one feel but still, calm ,and peaceful. A simile is used in line 4 to describe the beauty of the city as a "garment" that it is wearing which is strange because we never think of cities as wearing anything. Wordsworth uses several religious connotations using certain words such as : “dull,” “soul,” and “majesty” in the following lines, “Dull would he be of soul who could not pass by A sight so touching in its majesty" as well as "temple" on " Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples" probably to imply to us how close this beauty had brought him to god and how he had chosen it to make it heaven on earth. One of the most important literary devices used in this poem was imagery which contributed to the meaning of the poem as a spine does to a human. He manages to create a vision in the reader's mind that is so vivid, that a person can picture himself on that same bridge. The sixth line contains the breathtaking imagery of an ancient sk...