Optimism and Pessimism in London Literature Two intelligent people can see the same thing yet perceive it differently based upon their attitudes. Many look at the ugliness of London and reveal in it while others compare it to beauty as a counterpoint. London in the eighteen hundreds was not a pleasant setting and authors treat it differently through imagery, tone, and diction in "London, 1802" by William Wordsworth and William Blake's "London". Authors' use imagery to …showed first 75 words of 484 total…

…showed last 75 words of 484 total…is prevalent in Milton's time, as a technique to bring the present into the past. Blake writes in the language, of his day, understood more than Wordsworth's in today's world, to emphasize the distress and hopelessness of London. Authors easily depict emotions and requests through imagery, tone, and diction whether they are impacted positively or negatively. Wordsworth and Blake present the ugliness of London through two different points of views and express two contrasting approaches.