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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud. William Wordsworth Presented by Sara Peterson. 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 trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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  1. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth Presented by Sara Peterson

  2. 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 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 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 In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

  3. Speaker • It’s the poet! Has to be =) • William Wordsworth • British Romantic Poet • Poem published in Poems, In Two Volumes in 1807 (untitled) • About a day he was walking with his sister

  4. Rhyme Scheme • A • B • A • B • C • C 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 trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

  5. Figurative Language • Simile • I wandered lonely AS a cloud • Continuous AS the stars that shine • Personification • Fluttering, dancing daffodils • Tossing their heads • Dancing waves • Heart fills with pleasure and dances with the daffodils

  6. Figurative Language • Imagery • Cloud floats high over valleys and hills • Golden daffodils • Dancing in the breeze • Beside the lake • Beneath the trees • Never-ending line • Hyperbole • Ten thousand seen at a glance

  7. Interpretation • I wandered lonely as a cloud • Walking alone • Finding a sea of daffodils • Their beauty is a poets dream • The image of the flowers appears in his mind’s eye • Expresses an appreciation of nature and its beauty • “What wealth the show to me had brought”

  8. Bibliography • http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/wordsworth/poems-2vol-2.pdf • "William Wordsworth - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss." The Literature Network: Online Classic Literature, Poems, and Quotes. Essays & Summaries. Web. 07 Mar. 2011. <http://www.online-literature.com/wordsworth/>.

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