Sonnets - William Wordsworth and Paul Laurence Dunbar

The sonnets London, 1802 by Wordsworth and Douglass, by Dunbar some(prenominal) look up to each other finished the theme of addressing the problems of federation. In Wordsworths poem Douglass is called upon to return England O.K. to its old common way. The mess of London have capture corrupted and their hearts stained. Wordsworth calls step up for Douglass to relive this new term and help resolve the slipshod England. Dunbars poem calls break to the abolitionist leader Douglass and brings near the time that although America has gotten knightly its long time of thrall, there argon still dark days ahead. There is still racism and segregation that go on, only if Douglass go away be the fly that will lead them with this storm.\nThe authors use of a manikin of literary devices adds depth and stick out to the poems theme of resolving the problems of society. some(prenominal) poems London, 1802 and Douglass use apostrophes to address the audience. Milton! is apply t o address the dead slope poet and Ah Douglass, addresses the abolitionist leader. For the first argument both Wordsworth and Dunbar praise their audience as the notable individuals who will help return cultural values to the decadent societies. gram shouldst be living at this hour and we have recalln on despicable days bring in a mistakable shadiness of discouragement and insisting for a change in societys current corruption. The metaphor in London, 1802, she is a marsh of stagnant waters outlines the white-haired(a) aura that has gone over England demeaning its altar, sword, and pen epoch The awful tide in Douglass represents the growing number of slavery in the United States. Although both authors mark a scramble for different situations their perseverance and distressfulness on the subject interrelate both men, Milton and Douglass into achieving a similar goal of gaining back manners, virtue, emancipation and power. In line 9 Milton is referred to as the star whic h re...