I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a famous Romantic-era lyric poem by William Wordsworth that reflects on the beauty of nature and the uplifting power of memory, often recognized for its iconic image of dancing daffodils.

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instanceOf English poem
Romantic poem
lyric poem
alternativeTitle Daffodils
author William Wordsworth
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
famousFor image of a crowd of golden daffodils
memorable opening simile
features first-person speaker
personification of daffodils
simile comparing speaker to a cloud
firstPublicationDate 1807
firstPublishedIn Poems, in Two Volumes
focusesOn emotional response to nature
recollection in tranquility
form regular stanzaic form
genre nature poetry
hasLine A host, of golden daffodils
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude
includedIn standard English literature curricula
influencedBy Grasmere Journals
surface form: Dorothy Wordsworth's journal
inspiredBy sight of a long belt of daffodils
walk near Ullswater
language English
literaryMovement Romanticism
meter iambic tetrameter
narrativePerspective first person
notableImage dancing daffodils
numberOfStanzas 4
openingLine I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud self-linksurface differs
surface form: I wandered lonely as a cloud
period Romantic era
rhymeScheme ABABCC
setting Lake District
stanzaForm six-line stanza
structure lyric meditation
subjectMatter a field of daffodils beside a lake
theme beauty of nature
imagination
power of memory
solitude and reflection
tone contemplative
joyful
uses alliteration
imagery
personification
simile

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William Wordsworth notableWork I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud openingLine I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: I wandered lonely as a cloud