2007-01-04 07:49:05 · 5 answers · asked by sunita 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
"This City now doth like a garment wear, The beauty of the morning; silent, bare..."
He is talking about the beauty that is around him-the best the world has to show for itself-morning.
2007-01-04 07:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by Joan H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In general the "earth" is synonymous with universe or nature (a metonymic use) but whether the city is London or not is open to debate. Based on Norton Anthology of English Literature 8th ed. P. 317. the date of experience is not Sep. 3 but July 31 when Wordsworth was in France. So the nostalgic tone could be attributed to Wordsworth's revisit of Paris, the birthplace of the long lost revolution.
2014-01-14 13:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe what Wordsworth is trying to say is that there is nothing in the universe more beautiful than the Earth, and anyone who cannot see that is "Dull of soul."
2007-01-04 15:57:20 · answer #3 · answered by Moon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He was talking about the city of London. This was composed in 1802 on the Westminster Bridge.
2007-01-04 16:14:08 · answer #4 · answered by Oenophile... (Lynn) 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't know
2007-01-04 15:58:01 · answer #5 · answered by Firefly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋