pg. 63- 64
Passage B - From Bleak House, by Charles Dickens (1885)
Composed on Westminster Bridge - By William Wordsworth (1807)
Both of the passages are describing the morning of London, but with different mood and tone.
1. Copy the table below and add words and phrases from Dickens' description of London in passage B and Wordsworth's sonnet "Composed on Westminster Bridge" on page 63.
| Dickens | Wordsworth | |
| Nouns | smoke | splendour |
| death of the sun | bright, glittering sun | |
| mire | garment | |
| adjectives | defiled | fair |
| images | waterside pollutions of a great city | the river glideth at his own sweet will |
| smoke lowering down from chimney-pots | the beauty of the morning | |
| describes more about creatures(animals and humans) | describes about the nature and its beauty |
2. Look at the words and phrases for Dickens and Wordsworth. What tone or mood does each writer create?
- Dickens tries to create a negative tone and shows the busy and polluted aspects of the city and how creatures; animals and humans are suffering from it. On the other side, Wordsworth tries to create a bright and cheerful tone and atmosphere.
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