Comparing the Poems

Question 1

Summary of:

The World is Too Much With Us

William Wordsworth

Answer 1

This poem expresses the sad decline of the relationship between humans and nature because of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 2

Summary of:

Composed upon Westminster Bridge (1802)

William Wordsworth

Answer 2

This poem is an appreciation of nature in the early morning before the city (of London) wakes up.

You anticipate that when the city wakes up, the beautiful nature will retreat.

Question 3

Summary of:

The Chimney Sweeper (Experience)

William Blake

Answer 3

This poem is about the horrible influence of the Church and greed on society and how the children are the victims.

Question 4

Summary of:

The Ecchoing Green

William Blake

Answer 4

This is a poem about the cycle of nature and of human life.

Question 5

William Blake

1757-1827

Answer 5

William Blake wrote poems of social protest about the way children were exploited during the Industrial Revolution. He was angry that the Church didn’t help children when it should have because it was greedy. Blake sympathised with the French Revolution.

Question 6

William Wordsworth

1770-1850

Answer 6

William Wordsworth loved nature and landscapes. His view of London is romanticised compared to Blake’s view. Wordsworth believed in the power of nature over humans and believed the two should co-exist.

In ‘This World’ poem he criticises the world for being absorbed in the greed of the Industrial Revolution at the expense of nature.