Analysis of Poetry: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth

vaizard16 on Dec 23, 2011

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MESSAGE/ THEME

-Nature is superior to man.

Man is always overcome emotionally, nature remains constant’

TONE/MOOD

The mood of this poem is happiness.

The poet gets happy when he gets to see the nature’s happiness.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 7 IMAGES

First stanza:

Simile-‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’

Ø Images: negative images(no control, lonely, aimless)

Personification:-‘fluttering and dancing in the breeze.’

Second stanza:

Ø Images of happiness, we can sense movement

Simile:-‘continuous as the stars that shine’

Personification:-‘tossing their heads in sprightly dance’

Third stanza:

Ø Images of happiness.‘the waves beside them danced; but they’ ‘the waves beside them danced; but they’

PERSONA/ ATTITUDE

The persona of this poem is ‘I’.

- Lonely man who had encounter group of daffodils.

- Lonely man who encounter nature.

Positive attitude:

- He was owe and amazed

- ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’

Opposition:

-man vs. nature

-unhappiness vs. happiness

-lonely vs. crowd

Man:

- Lonely

- Is inferior because alone

- Emotional

Daffodils:

- Crowd

- Happiness

Inferential analysis:

- Nature brings happiness to man.

- Nature is superior compared to man.

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