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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth. Feature Menu. Introducing the Poem Literary Focus: Rhythm and Meter. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Introducing the Poem. Click here to listen to the first stanza.
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudby William Wordsworth Feature Menu Introducing the Poem Literary Focus: Rhythm and Meter
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIntroducing the Poem Click here to listen to the first stanza.
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIntroducing the Poem In this poem the speaker describes a memorable, inspiring moment in which he connected deeply with nature. • The opening lines compare the speaker, in his solitary strolling, to a drifting cloud. • The solitude is broken when the speaker notices some daffodils “dancing in the breeze.” [End of Section]
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudLiterary Focus: Rhythm and Meter Rhythm—repetition of sound patterns. • Rhythm is what gives poetry its musical quality. Meter—regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry. • You can hear meter just as you can hear the steady beat of a heart.
It was many and many a year ago, from “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe ′ ′ ′ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ I Wandered Lonely as a CloudLiterary Focus: Rhythm and Meter Scanning To describe a poem’s meter, you scan the poem. • Read the poem aloud and listen for the beat. • Mark the stressed syllables with the symbol (′)and the unstressed syllables with the symbol (˘).
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills ′ ′ ′ ′ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ′ ′ ′ ′ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ I Wandered Lonely as a CloudLiterary Focus: Rhythm and Meter Read Wordsworth’s poem aloud to scan it. • What pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables can you identify? [End of Section]