Sonnets - William Wordsworth and Paul Laurence Dunbar

The sonnets capital of the United Kingdom, 1802 by Wordsworth and Douglass, by Dunbar twain relate to distributively other through the foundation of handleing the problems of society. In Wordsworths meter Douglass is called upon to return England back to its old common way. The people of London have become deprave and their hearts stained. Wordsworth calls out for Douglass to relive this new era and suspensor resolve the boggy England. Dunbars poem calls out to the abolitionist leader Douglass and brings about the conviction that although America has gotten past its age of slavery, there are lifelessness dark long time ahead. there is still racism and separatism that go on, but Douglass pull up stakes be the pilot that leave lead them through this storm.\nThe authors call of a variety of literary devices adds depth and support to the poems opus of resolving the problems of society. Both poems London, 1802 and Douglass use apostrophes to address the audience. Milton! is used to address the dead English poet and Ah Douglass, addresses the abolitionist leader. For the first line two Wordsworth and Dunbar praise their audience as the notable individuals who will military service return cultural set to the decadent societies. Thou shouldst be living at this arcminute and we have falln on evil days bring in a similar tone of despondency and insisting for a dislodge in societys current corruption. The metaphor in London, 1802, she is a fen of moribund waters outlines the grey gloriole that has gone over England humbling its altar, sword, and pen while The abysmally tide in Douglass represents the increase number of slavery in the United States. Although both authors chink a struggle for diverse situations their perseverance and sincerity on the subject connect both men, Milton and Douglass into achieving a similar tendency of gaining back manners, virtue, freedom and power. In line 9 Milton is referred to as the star which re...