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 Dorothy Wordsworth's journal ⓘ
linked to: Grasmere Journals
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Poems, in Two Volumes → hasPart → I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ⓘ
Daffodils → originalTitle → I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ⓘ
work of William Wordsworth → includesWork → I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ⓘ