What is the mood of the poem Composed upon westminster bridge by Wordsworth?
Wordsworth is renowned for being a nature poet, so he is somewhat breaking with tradition here by writing a sonnet about the beauty of the city as the sun rises. He creates a mood of calm, awe and majesty by using regular iambic pentameter. The poet uses verbs such as “steep” and “glideth” which add to the calm tone. However, he writes that it is the “beauty of the morning” that creates this atmosphere, and the City wears it like a “garment”. It is not the city itself that is seen as beautiful, but rather the morning bestows its beauty on it. It is nature which creates this almost split second moment of peace. He hints at the tremendous power that the City has when he speeds up the pace by listing “Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples” but then refers again to nature by describing how they “lie/ Open unto the fields, and to the sky, / All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.” This is probably somewhat idealistic considering the Industrial Revolution polluted the city, alt
