I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud Essay

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by Wordsworth

Wordsworth takes readers on a reminiscent journey in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" reflecting upon visions of nature. The figurative language and diction used elucidate the poet's response to nature. Wordsworth uses each stanza to share his experience in nature through the image of a dance that culminates in the poet's emotional response.

Wordsworth opens with reference to himself through simile as a part of the naturallandscape, "I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high" (Wordsworth, Line 1). The diction used in the opening simile puts the reader in the poet's state of mind. A cloud is a lightweight, free–flowing image. Cloud paired with the action "floats", lets the...show more content...

Wordsworth continues to relay his experience in nature as he expounds upon the affiliation between the daffodils and another natural element. Applying simile, the poet connects the flowers to the stars, "Continuous as the stars that shine / And twinkle on the milky way" (7–8). A mental picture of infinite flowers is created, while "shine" and "twinkle" produce an image of light. Wordsworth uses the light imagery to link the two aspects of nature; the luminous stars of the night and "golden" daffodils of the day. The link shows the reader the connection the poet sees in different facets of nature. The second stanza continues the description of the dance "Ten thousand saw I at a glance, / Tossing their heads in sprightly dance" (12). The image created is of large numbers of flowers moving in unison and expresses the harmony the poet finds in nature. The usage of "sprightly" makes another reference to light, but in the sense of movement and weight as "cloud" and "floats" were utilized in the first stanza. Diction in the second stanza provides the reader with a multi–dimensional prospective of Wordsworth's imagery by giving the images action, feeling and weight.

Personifying another facet of nature, Wordsworth partners the daffodils in their dance, "The waves beside them danced, but they / Outdid the sparkling waves in glee" (13–14). The lines also work to strengthen

"I wandered lonely as a cloud" is a poem written by William Wordsworth which is known as daffodils. It was published in 1815 with a new revision after realizing there were words that needed to be changed in Poet in Two Volumes edition (Abishek, 2013). This poem is one of the examples of romantic era. I love this poem because the content is related to nature. It is true with the statement from Xiaolin Huang, Feifei Pei, and Changle Fu (2014) that William Wordsworthoften called himself as "A Worshiper of Nature" so everyone called him as a poet of nature. He thought that nature could illuminate the kind–heartedness and universal brotherhood of human being, and only present in harmony with the nature where human could get the truly happiness....show more content...

The first stanza tells that the poet was wandering alone to a place whereby yellow daffodils flies over the hills and valleys with the wind flow. These daffodils grew under the trees and were close to the lake. The breeze made these daffodils easily fluttering like they were happily dancing. While in the second stanza, the poet saw these flowers shining and twinkling brightly like stars in the Milky Way. They spread over a large area along the bay margin with a huge quantity. Moreover, in the third stanza, the poet tells that both of lake and daffodils were also dancing. He shows that the daffodils looked beautiful rather than the sparkling of the lake because the daffodils have more glee. Here he shows the loneliness gradually turning into happiness because of his companions (lake and daffodils) but he could not understand what he gained from his experience. For final stanza, it tells that whenever the poet felt loneliness, he could remember the happiness when he saw the dancing daffodils. In addition, we can take a look at the use of past tense along the poem which tells about the poet's experience and the use of present tense is used only in the last stanza since the important message of this poem is about the reflection of the poet's Get more content

Analysis Of I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

Analysis of; "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" by William Wordsworth

The poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' was written by William Wordsworth. It has a strong rhyming scheme and rhymes with every second line (1 and 3, 2 and 4) apart from the last two lines of each stanza, which rhyme together. The poem appears to be about a man who had found himself in a bad mood. The man uses old, happy memories to cheer him up whilst he is in these moods.

The first stanza starts off with a lonely man, wandering around without much direction or emotion, quite quickly this progresses to hope and fondness, almost like a memory has been replayed in the mind of the man, lifting his spirits. This gives a potential background story to the man without directly mentioning anything, therefore adding meaning. The line that seems to capture this sudden change of heart are, "when all at once I saw a crowd". Throughout this first stanza the writer simultaneously uses both imagery and personification. The effect that this has on the reader is that they can visualise easier when they are able to compare inanimate objects to emotions and actions they have done themselves. This creates a connection with the reader to the poem.

The second stanza moves straight into the next topic, which is the stars and the sky that holds them. However the transition is not awkward thanks to the use of the word 'continuous' which implies that he is only adding to the picture and not making anew. The words chosen express

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The poem was written in the year 1802. It was first published in Poems in Two Volumes, in 1807. The very starting line of the poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" informs the poet's profound sentiments of being left alone. It was actually the death of his brother John that led him to "loneliness". We should remind the readers that this poem was not a result of imagination.

Dorothy, Wordsworth's sister provides us an explanation of the occasion which inspired Wordsworth to produce this masterpiece:–

"When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park, we saw a few daffodils close to waterside." Thus the poem is a result of actual visualization rather than imagery".

In English literature, Wordsworth and his friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge,...show more content... Setting of the Poem:

Wordsworth may be at discomfort in human multitude but not amidst the objects (crowd) of Nature. Nature permeates the entire poem. Phrases like a crowd, a host, continuous as the stars, they stretched in never–ending lines, ten thousands saw eye at a glance presents deep

implications. The poet says: I wondered lonely as a cloud that floats on the high o'er Wales and hills. Daffodils, an everyday found flower has been portrayed in magical verses and blended with transcendental romanticism. Even the daffodils outdid the sparkling waves in glee and left an everlasting mark in the mind of the readers of this poem.

THEMES: HAPPINESS:

"I wandered lonely as a Cloud" is a poem that just makes you feels good about life. It says that even when you are by yourself and lonely and missing your friends, you can use your imagination o fine new friends in the world around you.

MAN AND NATURAL WORLD:

Wordsworth is the granddaddy of all nature poets and he is in top form in "I wandered lonely as a Cloud." In her journal entry about the day in question, Wordsworth's sister Dorothy wrote about their surprise at findings so many daffodils in such a strange place, next to a lake and under some

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

By William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never–ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightlydance.

The waves beside them danced; but they Out–did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed–and gazed–but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie

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Will no one tell me what she sings?–Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far–off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to–day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again?

Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sang

As if her song could have no ending; I saw her singing at her work, And o'er the sickle bending;–I listened, motionless and still; And, as I mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, Long after it was heard no more.

The poet orders his listener to behold a "solitary Highland lass" reaping and singing by herself in a field. He says that anyone passing by should either stop here, or "gently pass" so as not to disturb her. As she "cuts and binds the grain" she "sings a melancholy strain," and the valley overflows with the beautiful, sad sound. The speaker says that the sound is more welcome than any chant of the nightingale to weary travelers in the desert, and that the cuckoo–bird in spring never sang with a voice so thrilling. Impatient, the poet asks, "Will no one tell me what she sings?" He speculates that her song might be about "old, unhappy, far–off things, / And battles long ago," or that it might be humbler, a simple song about "matter of today." Whatever she sings about, he says, he listened "motionless and still," and as he traveled up the

The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth is about the poet's mental journey in nature where he remembers the daffodils that give him joy when he is lonely and bored. The poet is overwhelmed by nature's beauty where he thought of it while lying alone on his couch. The poem shows the relationship between nature and the poet, and how nature's motion and beauty influences the poet's feelings and behaviors for the good. Moreover, the process that the speaker goes through is recollected that shows that he isolated from society, and is mentally in nature while he is physically lying on his couch. Therefore, William Wordsworth uses figurative language and syntax and form throughout the poem to express to the readers...show more content...

On the other hand, the simile "I wandered lonely as a cloud" (line 1) is used when the simile makes the speaker become part of nature. Therefore, figurative language is used for the exchange between nature and humans. Through the use of the figurative language the poet symbolizes the spirituality of writing and the rebirth. The poet uses imagery when he says "golden" (line 4) and "fluttering" (line 6) to characterize the daffodils as angles, and to symbolize the rebirth since they grow in spring. . Conversely, the metaphor "A host of golden daffodils" (line 4) the poet describes the daffodils as "host" which is a word used to describe angels. On the other hand, hyperbole is used when the speaker says:"they stretched in a never–ending line" (line 9) represents the continuous flow of the daffodils or thoughts that were surrounding the speaker. "The waves beside them danced" (line 13) is personified as though the movement of nature symbolizes the overflow of feelings and thoughts of the speaker. Lastly, "dances with the daffodils" (line 4) explains how nature inspires him to dance and in other words to think. Also, remembering nature makes the poet very happy which it inspires him to write. Moreover, writing reflects the unification between heaven and humans. However, in the simile "continuous as the stars that shine" (line 7) the poet is comparing the daffodils to the Get more content

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never–ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance

The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company; I gazed– and gazed–but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:

William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

For oft when in my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash...show more content... Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, 'Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea!

All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon.

Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.

Analysis:

Coleridge prefers to write on the supernatural subjects, that is also a characteristic of romanticism, and in this poem he deals with supernatural punishment and penance.

On the first stanza, we have alliteration and assonance.

On the second stanza, we have alliteration on the first and second lines and assonance on the third.

On the third stanza, we have assonance on the second line, alliteration on the second and third lines, an assonance on the fourth line and an alliteration on the fifth line.

On the fifth stanza, we have alliteration on the second line.

On the sixth stanza, we have repetition on the second line, we have antithesis on the last two lines.

On the seventh stanza, we have assonance on the second line.

On the eighth stanza, we have repetition on the first stanza.

On the ninth stanza, we have repetition on the first and third lines and antithesis on the last two lines.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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I can recall that day when I stumbled across William's beatific poem. The sky was painted with the richest and brightest of colors behind boughs of trees and lifeless houses. The air felt cordial, yearning for your embrace. After I read the poem I could feel myself unraveling. I consider myself as a great lover of nature and being out in the wilderness has gave me a new moral dimension in life. I am my best version out in nature therefore I have grew very fond of this poem. 'I wandered lonely as a cloud is one of the most loved and influential poems of William Wordsworth. It had been Inspired by Dorothoy's(his sister) diary extract which chronicles their peaceful promenading along a river near Grasmere, where they encountered a colony of radiant daffodils. The sight was so glorious which later on inspirited William to compile his recollection of one of his most precious memories. The poem immediately establishes of a dream–like state which is apparent by the use of the similie 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'. The noun 'cloud' is a airy and free–flowing notion that has connotations of seclusion that gives an impression to the readers that he is currently detached from the real world; unconcerned with its troubles. In addition, by the use of the personal pronoun 'I' gives greater emotion and depth to his language but simultaneously highlighting the inherent unity between men and nature (that was a prominent theme in William's poems). However, in contrary the pronoun 'I' Get

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Cloud by William Wordsworth

"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth, a poem that discloses the relationship between nature and human beings: how nature can affect one's emotion and behavior with its motion and sound. The words the author adopted in this poem are interconnected and related to each other. They are simple yet profound, letting us understand how much William Wordsworth related his works to nature and the universe. It also explained to us why William Wordsworth is one of the greatest and the most influential English romantic poets in history. As Robert DiYanni says in his book, "with much of Wordsworth'spoetry, this lyric reflects his deep love of nature, his vision of a unified...show more content...

He sees the universe as a harmonious whole, in which every subject reflects and echoes the other. The daffodils became the speaker's companions in the third stanza, and they were describing as "the jocund company" by the poet. He enjoys the company of the dancing daffodils, which brings him happiness and joy.

As the poem goes on, the second emotion from the speaker occurs in the last stanza: the state of "solitude." "For oft, when on my couch I lie, in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eye, which is the bliss of solitude," the first emotion of isolation and loneliness seems to reappear here. But his mood is no longer just "vacant" as a "lonely cloud," but "pensive." His mind is now thoughtful and meditative because the existence of the daffodils. If he is "vacant," he cannot remember anything; then his memory would be involuntary. Unlike the first emotion that took the speaker out of his loneliness, the second emotion repeats and recurs to the speaker, as William Wordsworth uses the word "oft"–often. The speaker is looking forward to his time of being alone, because the daffodils will be there to dance for him, to keep him company; as the poet writes, "which is the bliss of solitude; and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils."

William Wordsworth uses different groups of words in this poem to connect nature with human beings: the pattern of their

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The inspiration for both William Wordsworth's poem "I wandered as lonely as a cloud" and Dorothy's journal entry comes from a walk they took in the Lake District along the Gowbarrow park. The daffodils alongside the riverbank struck both enough to write about them. Though daffodils serve as the focal point for both writings, Dorothy records the sight in front of her whereas William offers a more mystical and spiritual perception of the experience. The first hint that William's poem is more mystical than Dorothy's journal is in the number of daffodils and the perfection within them. Dorothy writes only a few flowers were seen close to the water before walking along the lake to see more of them. This naturalistic observation of how daffodils are dispersed in the wild. She also writes about the imperfectness of their structure "There was here and there a little knot, and a few stragglers a few yards higher up". In William's poem, the daffodils emerge all at once "When all at once I saw a crowd, /A host, of golden daffodils;". He further emphasizes the point by saying the daffodils are endless and continuous, stretching in a never–ending line. This hyperbole and the difference in the imagery suggests that the daffodils are mystical and unearthly in the poem and a natural experience in the journal. William also describes the color of the daffodils as golden instead of the more common yellow, focusing on their majesties and grandeur. The contrast in the mood shift of both

The analysis of the "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, also known as Daffodils, is a poem written by William Wordsworth between 1804 and 1807. The author changed the text several times, its final version was published in 1815. The Daffodils is treated as one of the most famous work of this British Romanticist and demonstrates many traits of this style. The poem consists of 4 stanzas with six lines in each. The first version had only three stanzas, according to the Wordsworth Trust; the second sextain was absent. This analysis will focus on the final, "larger" version of the work. The poem has obvious rhyme pattern and meter. Each stanza is written with the ABABCC scheme– it means that first line...show more content...

This mood is supported by mentions of "happy" colors and shades, like "white" and "golden". While daffodils' waving points at the windy weather, Wordsworth focuses only on its pleasant sides. The author described the beauty of waving flowers and did not say anything about the discomfort the wind could cause to the narrator. He showed daffodils sank deep into the character's heart and tried to express these feelings with the maximum accuracy. "When on my couch I lie... they flash upon that inward eye" (Wordsworth l. 19, 21), the narrator can return to this pleasant experience whenever he wants. The tone is supported by the song–like rhythm, quite short lines and combinations of sounds. For example, Wordsworth used the consonance and alliteration in phrases like "golden daffodils" or "beside the lake, beneath the trees", where consonant sounds "d", "b" and "th" repeat respectively. Such repetitions make it easier to read the

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This lyrical poem by the author who was a pioneer of the Romantic movement, uses the earths elements and human emotions to take him back and recollect how much something had an an effect it had on him at the time. Around the time he wrote this poem in 1804 ???? He is wandering alone up hill and down dales and comes across a vision so beautiful that it is imprinted in his mind forever. Memories are what make us and without them we would not be able to manage. The image of that memory, is what makes this poem so lovely that you feel at peace at the tranquil setting when you read it. The descriptive language used by the author paints images of nature – clouds, lakes, trees, fields, and twinkling stars on the milky way. I felt...show more content...

It is also clever that he uses the title of the poem as the 1st line in stanza 1. Language is figurative and the reader is left in no doubt what the poet is saying as the words seem to dance along "fluttering, twinkle, tossing glee and bliss". You have the use of personification where daffodils are personified as a crowd of people, also as dancers and this continues throughout the poem. Where he mentions "never–ending" this is an exaggeration as his eyes could only see a certain distance away. The use a metaphor is how he describes the memories he has when he mentions "inward eye". Alliteration is also used for example, "sparkling and sprightly" as well as "beneath and besides". Use of O'er instead of Over is called Archiac i.e it is abbreviated. This was used a lot by Romantic poets to give it an oldern Romantic quality and also fit in line with the meter The meter is regular and consistent and comes over as tidy and orderly. Bibolography. Norton Anthology 7th Edition. Page 284–285.1 http://www.litscape.com/author/William_Wordsworth/I_Wandered_Lonely_As_A_Cloud.html. Get

"Critical theory", in terms of literature, can be defined as a form of criticism through the close reading of a text and the application of knowledge acquired from the study of the humanities. The "multiple readings" mentioned in the question refers to the different schools of literary criticism–for example, structuralism, feminist theory, new historicism/cultural materialism, ecocriticism and postcolonial criticism. It is true to say that Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" can be read and interpreted in many different ways, especially when both the original and revised versions of the poem are taken into account. In my opinion, the most interesting criticism that can be applied to this poem is structuralism, which I will be analysing...show more content...

I never saw daffodils so beautiful, they grew among the mossy stones about and about them, some rested their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness and the rest tossed and reeled and danced and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake, they looked so gay ever glancing ever

I Wander Lonely As A Cloud

By William Wordsworth

I Wander Lonely As a Cloud by William Wordsworth is a poem about a beautiful area near a bay that is full of golden daffodils. The author tells the story from memory, and thinks about this place from their couch, and it brings them joy. Although the poem is great from the surface, there is so much more going on inside of it. There are forms, different kinds of language, imagery, themes and a setting that are all hidden within the poem. Through this analysis I will be bringing these different aspects to light. The form of this poem is in a ABABCC consistent form. Each of the four stanzas has 6 lines. Each stanza ends in a couplet, which is when the last two words of them last two lines of the stanza ends in a rhyme. The effect of this...show more content...

Considering the fact that the author uses past tense language, such as "I wandered lonely", it is implied that the poem is being written from memory and not in real time. This is something that seemed to happen to the author at one time in their life. The vocabulary choice used in this poem is pretty common for the time it was written. There are a couple multi syllable words, such as "Jocund", which is a word that is not heard in normal conversation amongst the current generation. The word choice connects, and illuminates the speaker about specific details involving the surroundings. The steady rhyming flow and benign words give the poem a mellow and soft tone. The author sounds genuinely excited about the place they are talking about. There are many examples of figurative language throughout the poem. "I wandered lonely as a cloud" and "Continuous as the stars that shine" are examples of similes, because they use the word 'as'. The author uses the words, "dance" and "dancing" a lot in the poem to talk about the daffodils and waves, these are examples of personification. Personification is when someone speaks of an object or thing in a way that gives them human–like traits. For example, a daffodil can't actually dance. "They stretched in a never–ending line", this is an example of a metaphor. The daffodils of course end at some point, the author simply said this to paint the picture for us that the daffodils

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It is through the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth that the reader can recognize everything nature has to offer. Wordsworth opens this poem by claiming that he is a cloud observing the nature underneath him. From here he sees a large field of daffodils, then further describes the deeper meaning of these flowers using a series of poetic devices. In the second and third stanzas, Wordsworth glorifies the image of the daffodils. He describes them as endless and "continuous as the stars that shine". It is interesting to note how he describes the flowers in contrast to other works about nature. While other authors usually describe scenes of nature as temporary and ever–changing, Wordsworth hints at the permanent...show more content...

The impact of this was very great and allowed Sweden to advance in warfare. With the citizens under control and their natural rights stripped, Charles XII went onto defeat Russia in the Battle of Narva. Russian soldiers lost about 10,000 men at the end of the battle, while the Swedish troop only lost 667. (Wikipedia, Absolutism). It is through this consolidation of power that the aspect of fear is introduced and is able to play a major part in absolutism. Another benefit that the consolidation of power brings is that it allows less power to be held within the Church. Whether it was revealed in the 95 thesis or through other incidents, there is no question that the Church has manipulated its followers many times throughout European history. With complete power in the hands of the French ruler King Louis XIV, he was able to recognize the negative sides of Church power and finally subdue it. He passed the 1721 regulation that specifically delineated what the clergy could do and therefore used his power for the well–being of France (Wikipedia, Absolutism). He knew that France would be better without any Church influence at all, and this decision impacted France greatly.There is no doubt that the ability to consolidate power to one individual that absolutism became the most effective form of government in 17th and 18th century Europe. While there were many benefits for consolidating power, absolute rulers were also able to suppress the natural rights of man, which

"Critical theory", in terms of literature, can be defined as a form of criticism through the close reading of a text and the application of knowledge acquired from the study of the humanities. The "multiple readings" mentioned in the question refers to the different schools of literary criticism–for example, structuralism, feminist theory, new historicism/cultural materialism, ecocriticism and postcolonial criticism. It is true to say that Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" can be read and interpreted in many different ways, especially when both the original and revised versions of the poem are taken into account. In my opinion, the most interesting criticism that can be applied to this poem is structuralism, which I will be analysing...show more content...

(Accessed: 22 November 2015), Barthes references factors of structuralism, such as parallels in plot, which change the way we interpret "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud". What Barthes calls binary opposites are showcased in the first and fourth stanzas respectively. The first stanza creates a lonely and lost feeling whereas there is a sense of jubilance in the fourth stanza as "the bliss of solitude" is expressed. The feeling of loneliness is lamented in the opening stanza whereas it is described as joyous in the last stanza, which I believe can be reduced to a dyad of happy/sad; the next question is which side of the dichotomy the poem verges on. In my opinion, the images expressed in the poem as well as the language used (such as "sprightly" and "jocund") mean that "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" sides with the idea of happiness, mainly due to the scenic descriptions and the warm ending to the poem, "and then my heart with pleasure fills / and dances with the daffodils" William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", Poems (1815) Cited in Harvey Sucksmith, "Orchestra and the Golden Flower: A Critical Interpretation of the Two Versions of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", The Yearbook of English Studies vol. 4 (1974), pg. 149–158. The binary opposites in the poem allow the reader to experience an emotion, in this case loneliness, on a spectrum when reading the poem rather than having one

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Comparison and Contrast Research Paper

The poems I wander as a lonely cloud and To an athlete dying young are equally different, and similar in many ways. How are these poems different let alone similar? you may ask. Well in this essay I will compare and contrast the poems that will give you insight on how the characteristics of these two poems differentiate and, are comparable. For example tone, symbolism, and structure each play a big part in both poems. However in essay you will also know the role of these three characteristics, and how each one can makes the poems whole. I wander as a lonely cloud by William Wordsworth represents that loneliness can bring the bliss of solitude. In the poem Wordsworth start it off with the speaker wandering in valleys and high hills. The speaker compares himself as a cloud because a cloud represents loneliness and bemusement, and that represents the speaker's feelings. The speaker continues to wander until he sees daffodils by a lake dancing. As the speaker watches the daffodils he explains their dancing as carefree, gleeful and happy. "I saw a crowd a host of daffodils; Beside a lake, beneath the trees, fluttering in the breeze." (Lines 4–6). The speaker gives the daffodils personality to show the daffodils have humanlike qualities which gives the flowers life.''Along the margin of bay: Ten Thousand I saw at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance." (Lines 10–12). After watching the dancing daffodils, the speaker then realizes that the flowers give him a gift, and that is the bliss of solitude. This gift of solitude helps the speaker out of his lonesome state and, whenever he feels lonely he remembers the bliss of solitude. "And then my heart fills with pleasure, And the daffodils dance." (Lines 21–24). The speaker thinks of the daffodils, because of the solitude in his heart which this solitude gives him joy and peace. The speaker comes to realize that loneliness doesn't last forever, and with solitude he will find serenity and comfort. To an Athlete Dying Young the speaker talks about a young athlete that died at a young age. The first stanza of the poem starts out with a cheerful tone as the speaker is remembering the athlete winning a big race,

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

Your memories are your treasures, an accumulated amount of wealth that under extreme conditions remind you of the past and define the present, if it be good or bad. A picture for example, is a frame captured in the moving animation of time and is frequently regarded as being worth a thousand words. If one single frame, one dimension, one moment, something so short it can't even be expressed by time, be valued as a thousand words. Then take into consideration a memory, something which takes into account of all sense, takes consideration to time, mind, emotion and thought, something that has infinite value and is only second to the present and by all means of ever so advancing technology has yet to be...show more content...

In the traditional analyses, words in literal expressions denote what they mean according to common or dictionary usage, while words in figurative expressions connote additional layers of meaning. This involves the use of a cognitive framework which is made up of memories of all the possible meanings that might be available to apply to the particular words in their usage. This set of memories will give prominence to the most common or literal meanings, but also suggest reasons for attributing different meanings, for example the reader acknowledges that the author intended a completely different meaning than that of the literal meaning of the text, which can be done through can be done through metaphor, personification, and simile. The characterization of the sudden occurrence of a memory, the daffodils "flash upon the inward eye which is the bliss of solitude" is psychologically acute, but the poem's main brilliance lies in the reverse personification of its early stanzas. The author is metaphorically compared to a natural object, a cloud, "I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high...", and the daffodils are continually personified as human beings, dancing and "tossing their heads" in "a crowd, a host." This technique implies an inherent unity between man and nature, making it one of Wordsworth's most basic and effective methods for instilling in the reader the feeling the poet so often describes himself as experiencing. Meter

Theme Of I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

The Romantic era was widely focused on themes pertaining to nature and imagination, and emphasized the importance of creativity. This made it difficult for poets to create an accurate representation of the era. However, William Wordsworth was able to demonstrate the traits and themes of the Romantic era in the majority of his poems. This is especially evident in Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud". The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", by William Wordsworth, is and accurate representation of the Romantic era, as it demonstrates common themes including the passion for nature and imagination, as well as poetic devices such as personification and rhyme scheme to enhance the creativity and spontaneity of the poem. The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" contains the themes of the appreciation of nature and the importance of imagination and memories. These themes are vitally important in the representation of the Romantic era. The poem is based on experiences of happiness found within nature and imagination. This is evident in a critique of the poem, where it states, "What prompted the poem, then, was not so much the experience of seeing the daffodils but the memory of it, recreated by the poet's imagination at a later date" (Constantakis). This demonstrates that the poem is based off of memories of nature, which was a very important theme in the Romantic era. The poem also displays the theme of the appreciation of nature in the poem, where it states,

Albert Einstein spoke of nature and its value when he said, "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." As Einstein pointed out, by looking into nature you could discover something new about yourself and the world around you. John Muir and William Wordsworth both discovered joy when they looked deep into nature. This joy gave them a new perspective on nature and life and they each expressed this joy through different works of writing. Both authors have a unique outlook on nature and its impact as well as different thoughts on how to share their relationships; Muir used diction and connotation to show his relationship in his essay "The Calypso Borealis" where Wordsworth used tone and syntax in his poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud".

John Muir expressed his relationship with nature in his essay titled "The Calypso Borealis" by using diction and connotation. John Muir described the Calypso and its surroundings when he wrote: "growing not in the ground but on a bed of yellow mosses in which its small white bulb had found a soft nest and from which its one...show more content...

Wordsworth demonstrates his use of tone and syntax in the following stanza, "Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never–ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance." The tone of the stanza is joyful because he is happy when he talks about how beautiful the daffodils are. This shows how his relationship with nature is positive since he is happy when watching the daffodils. Wordsworth uses traditional syntax in this stanza. He uses several phrases divided by commas to describe the daffodils and their movements. This gives the stanza a playful pace which again expresses that his relationship with nature is happy and Get more content