“I wandered lonely as a cloud” by William Wordsworth

11/4/13 “I wandered lonely as a cloud” William Wordsworth

Summary: William writes about his journey among the daffodils and trees as if he were a wandering cloud, when really he was having a dream as he fell asleep on his couch and was dreaming.

Quote: “Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”

Significance of Quote: This quote has the use of rhyme and is very poetic. The two words that rhyme, “trees” and “breeze”, dont have the same ending letters, but they sound they make is so similar that they basically rhyme. The use of imagery in this line is obious; “fluttering and dancing in the breeze” makes you think of a leaf in a windy autumn day.

Reflection: This poem was very soothing, and it made me feel happy. The way William worded his sentences, in a way that they make sense, was nice. I belive he was writing about what he wished he was doing at that moment, instead of sitting there on his couch. Imagening he is flying above the trees as if he were a cloud on a windy day. He described the things that people feel when they are in really good moods, and this poem kinda puts you in that mood. The words flow together in a way that makes it so we feel that way, it is the meter and feet that do so.

Question: Was this poem made to make people who read it feel calmed and happy as it did to me?