I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth

1. I Wondered Lonely as a CloudWilliam 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.

2. I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud 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.

3. I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud 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:

4. I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud 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.

5. Meanings Wandered: moved aimlessly floats;: flies above Vales: valleys A host: group At once: suddenly Fluttering: shaking Milky way : constellations of stars in the sky Bay: small gulf Glance: quick look

6. Meanings Tossing: moving Sprightly: happy Gay: happy Gazed: to look carefully or with attention Oft: often Vacant mood: thoughtless pensive: busy Bliss: happiness Solitude: loneliness

7. Themes Charm of Nature Beauty Loneliness

8. Romantic elements in the Poem • Subjectivity (through the use of the ‘subjective I’) • The celebration of nature • Loneliness • Power of Imagination

9. What impact does nature have on the poet? Nature enriched the life of the poet because every time he remembers the scene, when he is alone, it gives him happiness. In other words, nature has a purifying effect on man and his sensibilities. It also has an enlightening effect on him.

10. Form This poem is a short lyrical poem. The Rhyme scheme is as follows: ababcc

11. Techniques Simile: • I wandered lonely as a cloud • Continuous as the stars… Personification: • Fluttering and dancing in the breeze • Tossing their heads in sprightly dance • The waves beside them danced; • 4. but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee 5. …my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

12. Techniques Metaphor: inward eye: mind Alliteration: • That floats on high o'er vales and hills • Beside the lake, beneath the trees • Continuous as the stars that shine • The waves beside them danced; butthey • A poet could not but be gay • What wealth the show to me had brought • And dances with the daffodils • And then my heart with pleasure fills • And dances with the daffodils.

13. Techniques Assonance: • When all at once I saw a crowd • And twinkle on the milky way • They stretched in never-ending line • The waves beside them danced; but they • I gazed—and gazed—but little thought • What wealth the show to me had brought • For oft, when on my couch I lie • Which is the bliss of solitude;