Imagery and metaphors
In “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth, we should easily identify imagery, metaphors and other stylistic devices.
Personification
The city of London is compared to a woman, while the beauty of the morning is compared to a garment she wears:
“The City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,” (ll. 4-5)
The sun is also personified through the use of the personal adjective “his”:
“Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;” (ll. 9-10)
The same goes for the river, which is also personified: “The river glideth at his own sweet will:” (l. 12)
The houses are also personified. They are portrayed as being “asleep”, just like the people inside them: “Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;” (l. 13)
Similes and comparisons
The poem is filled with similes and compariso...