I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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I wandered lonely as a cloud. Main idea: The theme in "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" is idea that the main is able to appreciate the wealth of nature's beauty retrospect and each time he does the beauty of it brings him comfort. Often when looking back into past events of our lives, we tend to be filled with sorrow for missed opportunities, longing a past love, or missing the comfort of a caretaker. However, in William Wordsworth's (1770-1850) poem "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" (1807), the speaker's theme regards the "wealth " of "pleasure" found in the beauty of a memory that has the power to comfort the speaker. In the poem, the speaker speaks in a soliloquy to describe a memory permeated in his mind or"inward eye" (22). He tells of a scene while "wandering" along a lake area surrounded by hills and valleys, and while the time of day is not mentioned, it would be wise to assume its daytime, since it would be utterly difficult to spot anything at night in a valley surrounded by hills. Most of the poem -except for the last stanza-is written in the past tense; however, when the poem reaches it climax (17-20) the speaker shifts to a conditional tense. From that line forward, he speaks of his motivation, which is the" wealth" (18) he would obtain from recalling the beauty of the daffodils in his idle time. In the poem the speaker "wandered" lonely (1) along hills and valleys and was smitten by a large gathering of daffodils under trees by a lake "fluttering and dancing" (7). He found that they shone like stars and reached far along the bay to which he compared the daffodils--finding them to surpass the "sparkling waves in glee." (14). Then realized he had no recourse but to be made joyful by such a cheerful scene. He state, however, that though he "gazed and gazed" (17) he did not recognize the "wealth" (18) of the moment until later;
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