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    <title>I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[lovelydeer,
The theme of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonley as a Cloud" is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[lovelydeer,
The theme of Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonley as a Cloud" is that an experience of seeing flowers was weaker than the actual remembering of the flowers. People might have a sense of experience as the opposite, that in remembering is not as powerful as the original experience. But in this case, Wordsworth proves how powerful memory can be.
This poem is in iambic tetrameter. It is a gentle melodic rhythm that parallels flowers...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:33:29 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ironically, at the poem's end, the solitude mentioned is in sharp...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ironically, at the poem's end, the solitude mentioned is in sharp contrast to the first line, for the poet now is in "the bliss of solitude."  It is what Emerson mentions in "Nature":

I am not solitary while I read and write, though nobody is with me.  [With nature I] am in the presence of the sublime."

This is the solitude in which the poet resides at the poem's end; it is the blissful harmony with the beauty and joy of Nature, not the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:26:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Until the poet is in communion with Nature he is "lonely as a cloud,"...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Until the poet is in communion with Nature he is "lonely as a cloud," but when his spirit connects with the lovely sight of the daffodils, he "could not but be gay" with the "wealth the show to me had brought."
Wordsworth's mention of the "inward eye" that is the "bliss of solitude" reminds the reader of Emerson who said that he had become "a transparent eyeball" because he felt that

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:16:03 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem starts off describing a cloud that is wandering all alone. ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The poem starts off describing a cloud that is wandering all alone.  The words that Wordsworth picks to describe it emphasize his loneliness, alienation, and how he feels no connection with anyone around him.  He starts by saying, "I wandered lonely as a cloud," which is significant; note that he didn't say "as happy as a cloud" or "as beautiful as a cloud."  Also, he "wandered."  That indicates that he didn't have a destination or...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:59:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[William Wordsworth is considered one of the most important figures in...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/wandered-lonely-cloud/q-and-a/show-how-poem-starts-with-soltiude-ends-with-88109</link>
        <description><![CDATA[William Wordsworth is considered one of the most important figures in British Romantic history.  British Romanticism placed an enormous emphasis on nature and humanity's relationship to it.  In this poem, Wordsworth feels isolated due to a separation from nature.  Floating lonely as a cloud symbolizes a separation from the natural world.  Through the course of the poem, he reestablishes that connection with nature as he moves through the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:33:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[William Wordsworth's  lyric "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud," usually...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[William Wordsworth's  lyric "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud," usually anthologized as "Daffodils" recaptures a moment of sheer ecstasy when he and his sister Dorothy saw the shore of a lake near Grasmere lined with daffodils during their walk on April 15, 1802.  The final version of the lyric was published in 1815.
A lyric represents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as a response to an external stimulus. Some of the important...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:10:40 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Critically comment on the romantic features of "I Wandered Lonely As A...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Critically comment on the romantic features of "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud."]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:23:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" start with...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/wandered-lonely-cloud/q-and-a/show-how-poem-starts-with-soltiude-ends-with-88109</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How does Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" start with solitude and end with company?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:13:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wordsworth wanted to recapture a moment in time in 1802 when he and his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wordsworth wanted to recapture a moment in time in 1802 when he and his sister were walking along the riverbank and saw a few daffodils.  Then the expanse of daffodils came into full view as they walked nearer to the riverbank.
If Wordsworth were an impressionistic painter, he would have painted the scene from the position of being in the sky looking down on the riverbank and the field of daffodils.
As a poet, Wordsworth attempted to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 19:37:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the theme of this poetry?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the theme of this poetry?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 16:20:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wodsworth wrote this poem to recapture a day in 1802 when he went to the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wodsworth wrote this poem to recapture a day in 1802 when he went to the shore with his sister, and saw a line up of daffodils being touched by the wind, extending to an unusual distance, and giving the impression that all around was floating.
He explains:

When we were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow park we saw a few daffodils close to the water side, we fancied that the lake had floated the seeds ashore &amp; that the little colony had so...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:02:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did the poet write "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why did the poet write "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:00:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are a number of figures of speech in this poem.
The first is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are a number of figures of speech in this poem.
The first is personification: "I" and "cloud" are being personified. The second is the simile "as a cloud." The daffodils are also personified as they dance and are gleeful.
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:
The waves are also personified as they dance. That should get you started on your essay. This poem is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:29:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are some figures of speech in I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are some figures of speech in I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:47:06 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The charm or attraction of this poem for me is its simplicity. One need...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The charm or attraction of this poem for me is its simplicity. One need not dig deep into meaning between the lines to understand or enjoy the problem. It is a description of a natural scene that the poet may have actually seen or he has just imagined.
The way this scene is described, the poem creates an atmosphere of vibrancy and joy. For example, expressions like:

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance,

or

They out did the sparkling waves...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 23:45:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wordworth's poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is "reputed to be the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Wordworth's poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is "reputed to be the most anthologized poem in the world." That means that this particular poem has been included in more textbooks and collections of poetry and literature than any other poem, at least in the English language. The reason for this is that the poem is very simple and a prime example of English romanticism. The simplicity lies in the recollection of a moment when the poet was...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 19:27:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of the poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/wandered-lonely-cloud/q-and-a/what-significance-poem-86779</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of the poem, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 16:06:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The fourth stanza of this poem shows the speaker away from the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The fourth stanza of this poem shows the speaker away from the daffodils, at home, and thinking back upon them.  The thought is demonstrated as a picture in his "inner eye."  This picture brings him joy and he "dances with the daffodils."  The rejuvenating spirit of nature is highlighted in this stanza, and Wordsworth uses personification and metaphor in this stanza for his meaning.
First he personifies the daffodils, giving them the power...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 06:48:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[teardrop,
William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1804, is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[teardrop,
William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," 1804, is incredibly rich in language and resonates on so many levels through a subject of remembering. The fourth stanza reads as follows:

For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

The first thing one notices is the poem is in...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 06:43:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Please analyze the fourth stanza of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Please analyze the fourth stanza of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and show the figures of speech?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:41:49 PST</pubDate>
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