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    I WANDERED LONELY AS A

    CLOUD
    PREPARED BY :
    SURIN SERRY WONG
    ALYA ISMAHANI BT MD ZIN
    LING FANG QING

    I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud


    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.
    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 gazedand gazedbut little thought
    What wealth the show to me had brought:
    For oft, when on my couch I lie
    In vacant or in pensive mood,

    BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM
    WORDSWORTH
    Born in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, on April 7, 1770, William

    Wordsworth is known for writing Lyrical Ballads (1798) with Samuel Taylor
    Coleridge, considered by many to have launched the English Romantic
    movement. Wordsworth's literary credits also include "Tintern Abbey," and
    his poetry is perhaps most original in its vision of the relation between man
    and the natural worlda vision that culminated in the metaphor of nature
    as emblematic of the mind of God. Wordsworth died in Rydal Mount,
    Westmorland, England, on April 23, 1850.

    SUMMARY
    The speaker says that, wandering like a cloud floating above hills and

    valleys, he encountered a field of daffodils beside a lake. The dancing,


    fluttering flowers stretched endlessly along the shore, and though the
    waves of the lake danced beside the flowers, the daffodils outdid the water
    in glee. The speaker says that a poet could not help but be happy in such a
    joyful company of flowers. He says that he stared and stared, but did not
    realize what wealth the scene would bring him. For now, whenever he feels
    vacant or pensive, the memory flashes upon that inward eye / That is
    the bliss of solitude, and his heart fills with pleasure, and dances with the
    daffodils.

    SETTING AND BACKGROUND


    The poem recaptures a moment on April 15, 1802, when Wordsworth and

    his sister, Dorothy, were walking near a lake at Grasmere, Cumbria County,
    England, and came upon a shore lined with daffodils. Grasmere is in
    northwestern England's Lake District, between Morecambe Bay on the
    south and Solway Firth on the north. The Lake District extends twenty-five
    miles east to west and thirty miles north to south. Among its attractions are
    Englands highest mountain, Scafell Pike (3,210 feet), and Esthwaite Lake
    and other picturesque meres radiating outward, like the points of a star,
    from the town of Grasmere. Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, moved to
    a cottage at Grasmere in 1799. After Wordsworth married in 1802, his wife
    resided there also. The family continued to live there until 1813. The Lake
    District was the haunt of not only Wordsworth but also poets Robert
    Southey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Thomas De Quincey.

    MAIN THEME OF THE POEM


    Nature :
    Natures beauty uplifts the human spirit.
    Happiness :
    The poem just makes you feel good about life by using the power of

    imagination.
    Man and the Natural world :
    Wordsworths nature is full of life and vitality. He appreciates its wildness but

    he humanizes the landscape and fits to his own mind.


    Loneliness :
    I wandered lonely as a cloud that could be affected by daily routine.

    RHYME,FORM AND METER


    This poem has a fairly simple form that fits its simple theme and language.
    It consists of 4 stanzas with 6 lines each for a total of 24 lines.
    The rhyme scheme is also simple : ABABCC
    The last 2 lines of each stanza rhyme like the end of a Shakespearean

    sonnet.

    So, each stanza feels independent and self-sufficient. This is called a

    rhyming couplet.

    POETIC DEVICES
    Simile :
    as in I wandered lonely as a cloud and continuous as the stars that

    shine.
    Metaphor :
    as in what wealth the show to me had brought
    Personification :
    as in fluttering and dancing in the breeze
    Repetition :
    The word dance is repeated 3 times in this poem.

    FIRST STANZA
    While wandering like a cloud, the speaker happens upon daffodils fluttering

    in a breeze on the shore of a lake, beneath trees. Daffodils are plants in the
    lily family with yellow flowers and a crown shaped like a trumpet.

    The poet compares himself to a cloud.


    The poet represents the idea of loneliness.
    He also colors what he sees by his imagination.
    Basically, the first stanza is a contrast between the loneliness of the poet

    and the crowd of the daffodils.

    SECOND STANZA
    The daffodils stretch all along the shore. Because there are so many of

    them, they remind the speaker of the Milky Way, the galaxy that scientists
    say contains about one trillion stars, including the sun. The speaker
    humanizes the daffodils when he says they are engaging in a dance.

    The poet compares these daffodils to the stars on the milky way in the sky.
    The poet describes the happy movement of the daffodils.

    THIRD STANZA
    In their gleeful fluttering and dancing, the daffodils outdo the rippling

    waves of the lake. But the poet does not at this moment fully appreciate
    the happy sight before him. In the last line of the stanza, Wordsworth uses
    anastrophe, writing the show to me had broughtinstead ofthe show
    brought to me. Anastrophe is an inversion of the normal word order.

    He starts to talk about the waves which are in the lake.


    The scene in the lake affects the poet and makes him happy.
    In this comtemplation, everything in nature affects him and makes him

    happy.

    FOURTH STANZA
    Not until the poet later muses about what he saw does he fully appreciate

    the cheerful sight of the dancing daffodils. Worsworth again uses


    anastrophe, writingwhen on my couch I lieandmy heart with pleasure
    fills.waves in his solitude.

    This explain the effect of nature on the poet.


    So, this poem represents the beauty of nature and its effect on human

    beings.

    CONCLUSION
    The general atmosphere of the poem begins with sadness and agony,but

    no changes into happiness and joy.

    This atmosphere is emphasized through the choice of words.


    Firstly,the words were negative and unpleasant : wandered/lonely
    They point out the sense of isolation.
    Then, these words change to be a more positive and cheerful :

    dancing/stars that shine/etc.

    THANK YOU

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