Wordsworth is an high English poet and an establishing member of the Romantic Movement in the English literature. He lived and wrote at the period between 1770–1850 which is “the golden era of romanticism”. Like other Romantics, Wordsworth poetry and personality also were greatly influenced by his love for the nature, especially by the spectacles and views of the Lake Country area, where he spent most of his life in nature. Wordsworth is sincere thinker; he showed high tenderness and a love of nature and simplicity. Two persons affected him personally and literary, his sister Dorothy and the great romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. William Wordsworth's poem "I wondered lonely as a cloud" or “the Daffodil” is one of the most well-known …show more content…
It is a lyric poem. The poem was written in 1804. It was written two years after he walked by the daffodil field. Wordsworth was inspired to write this poem when he was walking with his sister Dorothy on trip around the country lake. His sister Dorothy is the one who inspired him to write this poem and many other poems. After Wordsworth read his sister’s account of description of the flowers, he felt joy and decided to write a poem about the Daffodil’s flowers. In her journal for 15 April 1802 she depicted how the daffodil 'tossed, reeled and danced, and seemed as if they verily laughed with the wind that blew upon them over the lake.' Wordsworth printed his poem; I wandered lonely as a Cloud, in 1807. Then, he changed it later, and his second version, published in 1815, which is the one we know today.The daffodils meant his happiness and source of inspiration. The daffodils make him forget about his loneliness. The “Daffodils” "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth can be the perfect example of Wordsworth’s romantic poetry though the usage of romanticism …show more content…
It says that even when you are by yourself and lonely and missing your friends, you can use your imagination to fine new friends in the world around you. As John Milton famously wrote, "The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." The speaker of this poem makes a heaven out of a windy day and a bunch of daffodils. His happiness does not last forever – he’s not that unrealistic – but the daffodils give him a little boost of joy whenever he needs it, like recharging his batteries. In conclusion, William Wordsworth is one of the best romantic poets; actually he established the romanticism in the English literature. Now, we can say that the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is the pest representation of romantic poetry. It contains most of the characteristics of good romantic poetry. Such characteristics as subjectivity, the love of nature, love of beauty, and joyful memories of the past. In addition, Wordsworth was influenced by his Sister Dorothy who inspired him to write many of his poems. We can always find a source for William’s
Two talented literary authors William Wordsworth and John Muir express their emotions towards through their writing; their belletristic stories depict how their experiences with nature positively impacted their lives while giving them constant memories that will stay with them forever. Both Wordsworth and Muir used syntax and diction to verbalize their passionate relationship towards nature.
Only being three stanzas long, this poem became known as a favorite among many of the early readers considered it a favorite. The poem is about a young woman or lady that Wordsworth admired, known in the poem as a “maid”. He connected nature to the poem because he made a connection with nature at an early age, and most-likely thought as highly of her as he did nature. But everything changes when you think hard about it. Wordsworth uses the word dwelt, and when thought about we would soon realize that the woman he loved was
In the poem “I wondered lonely as a cloud”, Wordsworth compares himself to a lonely floating cloud,
In I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, William Wordsworth uses diction and syntax as he guides us through a journey in nature that greatly impacted him. In stanza one, Wordsworth uses the phrase, “I wandered lonely as a cloud” (Wordsworth). The words wandered and lonely generally have a negative connotation, and therefore
John Muir and William Wordsworth are great examples of this theory. Throughout their stories, both men give great insight to how the harmony of nature impacts their lives in a way that can make them forget about all the sorrow and depression they have following behind them; Wordsworth and Muir’s stories include syntax and diction to verbalize their passionate relationship towards nature. William Wordsworth’s poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” excellently shows how the power of beauty can changes one's once depressed, sad day into joy and blissfulness. In Wordsworth's story, he exploits his experience of how nature changed his mood of depression and sorrow to grateful and glee when he stumbles across a bed of beautiful golden daffodils dancing in the breeze. Wordsworth writes: “A poet could not be but gay, in such a jocund company” (stanza 3). In this passage, Wordsworth shows his change of heart when in the presence of something so beautiful and alluring. Wordsworth also shows how nature impacts his mood from the quote: “They flash upon the inward eye, and my heart with pleasure fills” (stanza 4). In this final quote, Wordsworth explains that even when he is apart from the beautiful golden daffodils, it is the memory that keeps his spirits alive. While Wordsworth's experience with nature
Two literary works best conveyed nature in their own manner, one called "The Calypso Borealis," an essay written by John Miller called and a poem written by William Wordsworth's called "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." Both author created work that captures the beauty of nature, while displaying their compassion and emotion for such beauty. They each capture the essence in their own way, one through a poem while the other through an essay , each using a their own descriptive imagery to cultivate the scenery and amazement of the experience. William Wordsworth and John Miller not only through the diction , vocabulary, and syntax, but also through the impact of tone, and mood, and while both authors express their relationship in different ways there
Through some of his toughest times he was out there seeking adventure. “I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills, when all at once I saw a crowd, a host of golden daffodils.” Before Wordsworth saw the field of daffodils he was lonely and depressed. But with the beauty of nature it helped to transform his mood for the better. “For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon my inward eye.” “And then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” Furthermore, When Wordsworth is alone lying on his sofa, a feeling of bored and sadness rush over him. But when the daffodils come to his mind he is able to imagine his adventure with them, and that brings him joy and happiness.
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, a poem that discloses the relationship between nature and human beings: how nature can affect one’s emotion and behavior with its motion and sound. The words the author adopted in this poem are interconnected and related to each other. They are simple yet profound, letting us understand how much William Wordsworth related his works to nature and the universe. It also explained to us why William Wordsworth is one of the greatest and the most influential English romantic poets in history. As Robert DiYanni says in his book, “with much of Wordsworth’s poetry, this lyric reflects his deep love of nature, his vision of a unified
Wordsworth says that, wandering like a cloud floating above the hill and valleys, he encountered a field of daffodils beside a lake, in the poem. “I wandered lonely as a cloud” A poet could not help but to be happy in such a joyful company of flowers. William stared and watched but did not realize what wealth the scene would bring him. Whenever he feels “vacant” or “pensive” the picture would flash upon “that inward eye / That is the bliss of solitude. : and his heart fills with pleasure, “and dances with the daffodils.” (Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud). Wordsworth also created songs of innocence such as “Daffodils Song”. The Romantic poets, predominantly Wordsworth and Blake were spellbound by the natural world. The author used pastoral landscapes to evoke joy, to create peaceful scenes that were only darkened by the threat of urbanization and the Industrial Revolution. (William Wordsworth: Artistic Reaction to the Industrial Revolution, Fed 14, 2000)
“I Wandered as a Lonely Cloud” the relationship with nature is that of a source of joy. It is clear that while both of these writers have deep relationships with nature, Wordsworth has expressed his relationship with nature as being
Wordsworth’s famous and simple poem, “I wandered lonely as a cloud,” expresses the Romantic Age’s appreciation for the beauty and truth that can be found in a setting as ordinary as a field of daffodils. With this final stanza, Wordsworth writes of the mind’s ability to carry those memories of nature’s beauty into any setting, whether city or country. His belief in the power of the imagination and the effect it can have on nature, and vice a versa, is evident in most of his work. This
With a prior appreciation of nature, Wordsworth took this appreciation to another level as he obtained a great interest in scenery and the countryside. Adding sensibility and imagery to his works, his reader could gain a dominant amount of culture from his writings. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau’s most famous and introductory works on the course of nature are allegedly owed to growing up on William Wordsworth's romantic approach and nature and the beauty of it all. “Nature” has said to have been the finishing product of Wordsworth’s beginning poems. Becoming more conservative as time went on, William Wordsworth only found tranquility in writing and nature as events in his life took a turn for the worse.
Lord Byron, a prominent Romantic Era English poet, wrote, “There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” The famous naturalist, John Muir, shows in his paper, "The Calypso Borealis", that he feels as if he's one with the flora, stating he enjoys nature’s presence more than human company. William Wordsworth views nature as his 'happy place' in his elegant poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”. It inspires his poetry, and brings him out of gloomy moods. John Muir conveys his relationship with nature with naturalist observations, while William Wordsworth expresses his relationship from a romantic
How can two pieces of literature from different eras have similar points of view? The poem “The World Is Too Much With Us” by William Wordsworth, and the song “If I Ruled The World” by Nas are such pieces of literature. Wordsworth wrote his poem during the nineteenth century in response to the industrial revolution. It describes the discontinuity between humans and nature, caused by the evolving civilization.
Wordsworth takes readers on a reminiscent journey in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" reflecting upon visions of nature. The figurative language and diction used elucidate the poet's response to nature. Wordsworth uses each stanza to share his experience in nature through the image of a dance that culminates in the poet's emotional response.