In this essay I will be comparing `London' by William Blake and `Composed Upon A Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth.

Place is very important in poems because poets throughout life get there idea's and inspiration from the place that they are in. The atmosphere chooses whether the poem will be positive or negative and it will make a point on society and people. I am going to focus on how the two different poets have viewed London over time. To do this I am going to be referring to five poems but mainly two. They are: `London' by William Blake, `Composed Upon A Westminster Bridge' by William Wordsworth, `London' by William Wordsworth, `Trivia' by John Gay and `To The Great Metropolis' by Arthur Hugh Clough.

William Wordsworth was born on April the 7th in 1770 and...