I Wandered lonely as a

Cloud
By: William Wordsworth
 William Wordsworth
Born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth Cumberland,
England
English Romantic Poet
The great decade: 1797–1808
- William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(lyrical ballads)
most widely recognized for bringing off the
Romantic era in English literature
died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount,
Westmorland
Notable works
• Tintern Abbey
• Lyrical Ballad
• Michael
• Ode: Intimations of Immorality
• Peter Bell
• The excursion
• The Prelude
• The Recluse
• The Ruined Cottage
• The Solitary Reaper
• The world is too much with us
Trivia
Wordsworth wrote a guidebook to
the region of his home called, “A
guide through The District of the
Lakes.”
 I wandered lonely as a Cloud
I wandered lonely as a cloud Continuous as the stars that shine

That floats on high o'er vales and hills, And twinkle on the milky way,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
They stretched in never-ending line
A host, of golden daffodils;
Along the margin of a bay:
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
 I wandered lonely as a Cloud
The waves beside them danced; but they For oft, when on my couch I lie

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: In vacant or in pensive mood,

A poet could not but be gay, They flash upon that inward eye

In such a jocund company: Which is the bliss of solitude;

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought And then my heart with pleasure fills,

What wealth the show to me had brought: And dances with the daffodils
Key Points
I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

• Roaming around
When all at once I saw a crowd,
• Compare life to a cloud that
A host, of golden daffodils; floats high in the valley
• Saw large number of golden
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, daffodils
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Key Points
Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line • Comparison between daffodils

along the lake and stars in the
Along the margin of a bay:
milky way
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, • Saw daffodils moving and
dancing happily
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Key Points
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:
• Saw the waves danced but not as
happy as the daffodils did.
• Daffodils joyful company was the
ultimate source of wealth
• Ultimate source of joy for the
romantics was nature and its
appreciation
Key Points
For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

• Memories of daffodils in the
They flash upon that inward eye times of sorrow or worries
flash upon his inward eye.
Which is the bliss of solitude; (romantic vision)
• Memories of beautiful nature
And then my heart with pleasure fills, becomes the source of joy in
his solitude
And dances with the daffodils
Theme
The beauty of nature
Nature and Humanity
•Involvement of human to natural
beauty
•Impact of nature to human
How does the poem "I wandered
lonely as a cloud" use poetic and
literary devices?
Poetic Devices
• Stanza
 4 stanza
• Lines
 6 lines in every stanza
• Rhyme scheme
 ABABCC
 Literary devices
• Simile: “ I wandered lonely as a Cloud”, “ continues as the
stars that shine.”
• Personification: “ when all at once I saw a crowd”, Tossing
their heads and sprightly dance”, “In a jocund company.”
• Alliteration: “ I gazed and gazed”, What wealth the show
to me had brought.”
• Symbols: cloud- loneliness, daffodils- beauty of nature,
joy, peace, company in loneliness
Literary devices

• Assonance: “ Ten thousand I saw a glance”, “they

stretch in never-ending”
• Consonance: “” what wealth the show to me had
brought”, “Vacant or in pensive.”
• Metaphor: “They flash upon that inward eye.”
• Imagery: “lonely as a cloud”, “ a crowd”, “never-ending
line”, “milky way”, “jocund company”
• Hyperbole: “ Ten thousand saw I at a glance”
What makes the poem romantic?
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