An Overwhelmed Wordsworth

Wordsworth's "Composed upon Westminister Bridge, Sept 3. 1802" is an obvious expression of the sublime, that encapsulating feeling one receives when marveling and wondering at a vast landscape (urban or rural). His sonnet leaks with this scenes effect on him, expressing "Never saw I, never felt, a calm so deep." The sublime is about feeling, the interpretation and effect a moment has on you and expressing this flooding of feeling, in the sonnets last couplet, Wordsowrth screams "Dear God!" for summarizing what an amazing moment it is for him, here and now. I think Wordsworth's purpose for this poem other than pure entertainment is not only labeling a specific type of feeling but portraying its splendor as well. If man could evoke more repetitiously the sublime, then overall happiness may increase. He is showing the way toward peace and calmness, through admiring and indulging in the sublime. "Dull would he be of soul who could pass by," and "the very houses seem asleep" are both Wordsworth's individual interpretation of the moment as well as the way humans become when in contact with a splendid landscape: both characterize the sublime. This poem is a perfect expression of pure emotion that is relatable to all humanity. We've all felt what he has described, and they were always pleasurable occasions.