
Theme: In order to understand oneself and one’s place in the universe, one must connect with nature.Stanza 4 relates that the subconscious and the soul receive the greater impact from the experience as the daffodils “flash upon that inward eye.”.In stanza 3 the narrator admits that at the time of the incident, he had no idea of the impact.The waves danced too, but they do not produce the glee the daffodils have created. Line 13 uses personificationand comparison. The poem encompasses the thoughts of an adult, why he meanders over the hills and how this sudden occurrence is a blessing in his solitude.It is a kind of recognition of the permanence of the past. That pleasure seems to consist in burning the stages between the present and the past.

The daffodils have become a living entity. I wandered lonely as a cloud considers, then, the nature of the pleasure elicited by emotion recollected in tranquility.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD ANALYSIS FREE
The comparison to the cloud suggests free floating and drowsiness.

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. I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o’er vales and hills, The speaker walked around because he was lonely. Let’s take a moment and go over a summary of the poem and then discuss it through a line-by-line analysis. Line-by-line Analysis and Figurative Language. Just print, make copies, and accept accolades from colleagues and students.īefore continuing, print the poem. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth is a poem commonly known as The Daffodils. These units are teacher ready and student ready. Imagine having 11 complete poetry units with handouts and lesson plans completed.
