"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

2. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"   I wandered lonely as a cloudThat 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.

3. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

4. The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed---and gazed---but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:

5. For often, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

6. Paraphrase

7. The poet describes the great beauty of daffodils , shows how he is moved by the beautiful scene, then describes how, later on, he recollects the emotions evoked ( reminded) in him by that scene.

8. Commentary

9. -The poem is composed of four stanzas. The rhyme scheme is {ab ab cc}. - Besides the description of the beautiful daffodils, the poet is writing about himself. He is writing about nature and, at the same time, is writing about himself in relation to nature.

10. NEW VOCABULARY

11. - vales: a small valley. • hills: a raised area of land smaller than a mountain. • crowd : a large group • host: a large number • daffodils : yellow flowers • fluttering : moving/ trembling • breeze : soft wind • Milky Way: group of stars in the sky • stretched : spreads • margin: free space • bay : coast

12. -glance : to look some where for a short time -tossing : throwing- raising -sprightly : lively -outdid : to do something better than another -glee : joy/ happiness -gay : happily/ enjoying himself -jocund : merry/ cheerful -gazed : looked for a long time -couch : bed

13. -vacant : not thinking about anything • -pensive : thoughtful • -flash: appears for a short time • -inward eye: the eye of the mind • bliss : heavenly happiness • solitude : being alone

14. Questions & answers:

15. 1- what is the poet describing in the 1st and 2nd stanzas? • The poet describes the daffodils in the 1st and the 2nd stanzas and how they moves gently upwards and backwards beside the lake and dances in the light gentle wind. He then compares them to the stars that shine in the sky. And that their number was so great and they were raising and throwing their heads in a lively way.

16. 2- pick one contrast from the 1st stanza. • The contrast is found in : • lonely X crowd • valley X hills • over X beneath • 3- Who wrote this poem? • William words worth wrote this poem.

17. 4- give the lines which show that the daffodils stretched along the lake like the stars that shine in the sky. • Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay • 5- what’s the poet reaction to nature? • The daffodils sight was so lovely that it filled the poet with joy and happiness. He couldn’t help standing there looking for a long time at them.

18. 6- In what way are the daffodils like the stars ? • The poet describes the daffodils as the stars that shine in the sky. He says they stretched in a very long , unending line like the stars that light the Milky Way. Their number was so great and they were raising and throwing their heads in a lively way. • 7- What is the main idea of the poem? • -The poet describes the great beauty of daffodils , shows how he is moved by the beautiful scene, then describes how, later on, he recollects the emotions evoked ( reminded) in him by that scene.

19. 8- In what way are the daffodils like the waves ? • The poet makes a comparison between the daffodils and the waves in the lake. the daffodils were much better in dancing than the waves. Their sight was so lovely that filled the poet with joy and happiness. He couldn’t help standing there looking for a long time at them.

20. 9- In the poem, the poet compares the dancing of the daffodils to the dancing of the waves in the lake. Write the lines that lines that show this comparison. - The poet describes the great beauty of daffodils , shows how he is moved by the beautiful scene, then describes how, later on, he recollects the emotions evoked ( reminded) in him by that scene.