A Poet’s Guide to Britain | Analysis of ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’

Duration: 1'59''

Synopsis

Owen Sheers explores the atmosphere, structure, punctuation and vocabulary used by Wordsworth in 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge'.

Further Information
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