Category Archives: London Poets

William Wordsworth’s ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’

Unlike William Blake’s ‘London’ , ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge‘ was not a critique of the social values of the times in which he lived.  Wordsworth was certainly capable of that; in the same year (1802) in which he wrote ‘Composed….’, he … Continue reading

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William Blake’s ‘London’

Born in London in 1757, William Blake is a poet who we now view as one of the most talented of his era but who, during his lifetime, went largely unrecognised.  Although we regard him as a London poet, he … Continue reading

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