“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ by William Wordsworth
(Annotated by Carlene Harris)
William Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” was written in period of a time, the Romantic era, when people had become fascinated by the inner workings of the mind and by nature and the effect that nature has upon the state of mind. The Romantics viewed nature as a deity, Godlike, with which they could develop a relationship. It is a poem filled with imagery about nature and solitude and the language is very simple and easily understood. It provides a novel view of the organic, rejuvenating and sustaining relationship between mankind and the world of nature.
In the opening line “I wandered lonely as a cloud” (line 1) the protagonist, the poet himself, seems to have gone for a walk on a beautiful summer day, when the skies are very blue and there is but one puffy white cloud drifting across the sky. This single cloud is the symbol of tranquility. He appeared to have been in a......
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