I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – An Analysis
I chose the poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth because I like the imagery in it of dancing daffodils. Upon closer examination, I realized that most of this imagery is created by the many metaphors and similes Wordsworth uses. In the first line, Wordsworth says "I wandered lonely as a cloud." This is a simile comparing the wondering of a man to a cloud drifting through the sky. I suppose the wandering cloud is lonely because there is nothing up there that high in the sky besides it. It can pass by unnoticed, touching nothing. Also, the image of a cloud brings to mind a light, carefree sort of wandering. The cloud is not bound by any obstacle, but can go wherever the whim of the wind takes it. The next line of poem says "I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils." Here Wordsworth is using a metaphor to compare the daffodils to a crowd of people and a host of angels. The word crowd brings to mind an image of the daffodils chattering amongst one another, leaning their heads near each other in the wind. The word host makes them seem like their golden petals are shimmering like golden halos on angels. It is interesting to note that daffodils do have a circular rim of petals in the middle that could look like a halo. Later in the poem Wordsworth uses another simile, saying the dancing of daffodils in the wind is "continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way." This line creates the image of the wind blowing the tops of random daffodils up and down in a haphazard matter, so they appear to glint momentarily as their faces catch the sun. This goes along with the next metaphor of the daffodils "tossing their heads in sprightly dance." Comparing their movement to a dance also makes me think of swirling, swishing yellow skirts moving in harmony.
It is also interesting how the first image of the wandering cloud contrasts sharply with the second image of the dancing daffodils.
Form impacts meaning in the poem "Cloud," by using free verse and enjambment, and it creates the sense of movement that is free and flowing much like its real life counterpart. Which is located in the following excerpt "... roiled and murmuring ..." with the words roiled and murmuring, it creates the sense of movement because the denotative meaning of the word roiled is to turn water "cloudy" by stirring up sediment, the very defining of the word roiled means to cause water to become cloudy by stirring or moving it around, likewise connotative meaning of the word roiled is movement just a simple movement. Similarly, with the words "You were the "shadows" of a cloud "crossing" over a field of tulips ..." it creates a sense of movement much
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