Published
in 1800 in the newspaper, Londons Summer Morning by Mary Robinson portrays a typical beginning
of the day on a London street. The poem written inplaces the reader on the street with the
sounds and sights of daily life ringing through in the poem.
The poem is a
virtual kaleidoscope for the reader depicting the enterprising shopkeepers as they show their
wares off behind their huge glass frontages. The movement and sounds of a business street with
all that it entails is aptly presented. The poets use ofcreates the mental image of a typical
day in 1800 as a prospective buyer proceeds down the crowded streets of London.
Point of view and setting
The poem uses
a third person point of view to narrate the poem for the reader. The setting is a busy London
business street on a hot summer morning.
The literary
devices
Blank Verse-Unrhymed iambic
pentameter
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