Composed upon the Westminster Bridge by William Wordsworth - S.A.Q. (Marks

Composed upon the Westminster Bridge

William Wordsworth

S.A.Q. (Marks – 01)

1. What kind of literary genre is the poem, ‘Composed upon the Westminster Bridge’?

Answer: Composed upon the Westminster Bridge is a sonnet. It follows the pattern of Petrarchan sonnet or Italian sonnet form.

2. Who accompanied Wordsworth while he was crossing the Westminster Bridge?

Answer: While crossing the Westminster Bridge, Wordsworth’s sister Dorothy William accompanied with him.

3. Why did the poet, William Wordsworth compose the poem, ‘Composed upon the Westminster Bridge’?

Answer: While crossing the Westminster Bridge early in the morning in between 5 and 6 o’ clock with his sister, Dorothy William, the poet, William Wordsworth became moved by the beauty of Nature in London. This impression leads Wordsworth to compose the poem.

4. Where is the Westminster Bridge located?

Answer: The Westminster Bridge is located in London across the Thames River.

5. Which city is mentioned in the poem, Composed upon the Westminster Bridge?

Answer: William Wordsworth mentioned the city of London in the poem, Composed upon the Westminster Bridge.

6. Which river is referred to here in the poem, ‘Composed upon the Westminster Bridge’?

Answer: The River, mentioned here in the poem, is the Thames River that flows though the city of London.

7. How is the beauty of London, according to Wordsworth, expressed in the poem, Composed upon the Westminster Bridge?

Answer: According to Wordsworth, nothing is more beautiful in this world than the scene visible from the Westminster Bridge very early in the morning.

8. Who is ‘dull’ and why is he called so?

Answer: According to Wordsworth, a person remaining unimpressed by the beauty of London in the morning as seen from the Westminster Bridge has surely lost his capacity to feel and therefore appreciate beauty.

9. In the poem, Composed upon the Westminster Bridge, what is linked to a ‘garment’ and why?

Answer: Wordsworth looks upon the ‘beauty of London’ in the morning as a dress. The implication is that as a dress covers the body for a short while, this beauty will not exists forever; rather it will vanish with the start of the normal activities of the day.

10. What does it refer to the ‘beauty of London’?

Answer: The beauty of London, as is viewed in the morning from the Westminster Bridge, refers to the beauty of the things which one can see in London such as ships, towers, domes theaters, temples etc.

11. Why is the ‘morning beauty of London’ called ‘bare’?

Answer: The ‘morning beauty of London’ is called ‘bare’ as the beauty of Nature is closely visible. There is no smoke to hide this beauty from a clear view.

12. Why is the air ‘smokeless’?

Answer: As it is early morning, the normal work of the industry has not started yet. So the air is smokeless.

13. Whose heart is referred to here as ‘mighty’?

Answer: William Wordsworth in the poem, Composed upon the Westminster Bridge, assumes that the city of London is a living creature with a powerful heart which can carry delicate beauty early in the morning as well as becomes suffocating and poisonous later in the day.

14. Why is the ‘mighty heart’ lying still?

Answer: As it is early morning, most of the people of London are still asleep. Naturally there is no motion and noise in the life of London.

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