Comparison Between Wordsworths Poem, Daffodils and...

Although both Blake and Wordsworth are romantic poets, their subject matters and style of poetry differ greatly. Blake is often critical, ironic and symbolic about matters such as city life and politics, whereas Wordsworth is explicit and very descriptive - frequently using figurative devices in his works. Blake s use of language is stark and bleak, while Wordsworth s is rich and involves senses. Blake s themes are also more to do with society, but Wordsworth s are based around nature and spiritual reflection. These differences are probably partly due to Blake s living in London, and Wordsworth s living in the countryside - as seen in the different settings of their poems. Blake writes implicitly in London - making it clear that†¦show more content†¦This rich usage of language involves the reader more in the poem - as if Wordsworth is trying to share his experience with each reader. Blake focuses his poem around social injustice and oppressive urban life. Not only is he critical of the institutions of the Church, monarchy and marriage, he also abuses the way that London is run - describing the streets and river as charter d. This once again relates to oppression - he thinks London is over-ordered. He states how he sees Marks of weakness, marks of woe in every face he sees - showing that he thinks everybody is affected negatively by the daily grind of the city, and describes the soldiers as hapless - as if they have no choice but to fight and die. Wordsworth s themes are very different and are to do with nature and spiritual reflection. He describes the suddenness with which he came across the host, of golden daffodils in the first stanza: When all at once I saw a crowd and refers back to this in the final stanza - stating that They flash upon that inward eye - meaning by this that they are an inspiration to him. He highlights the effect that the daffodils had on him by using repetition - repeating how he gazed - and gazed at the sight, and expresses again his own spiritual gain from his experience of the daffodils emphasising, What wealth the show to me had brought. Blake s London effectively uses simple, stark language and symbolism to make the poem s