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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishPoetry2010/12 · Oct/Nov 2013 · Q1625 Marks

Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! (by William Wordsworth) Explore how Wordsworth creates a sense of calm and wonder in this poem.

  1. Explore how Wordsworth creates a sense of calm and wonder in this poem.[25]

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Poetry, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
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O-Level Literature in English, Oct/Nov 2013 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 16.

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