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​DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
​SONNET COMPOSED UPON A WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1802


1. What is the poem about?
2. Identify the literary device in the octave. How does it highlight the theme of appreciation?
3. Identify the outstanding literary device that is used in the poem. Explain its significance.
​4. 'Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; and all that mighty heart is lying still.' What is the purpose of the exclamation mark.
Contributor: Leisa Samuels-Thomas


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