i wander lonely as a cloud by william wordsworth

“The subject of these Stanzas is rather an elementary feeling and simple impression (approaching to the nature of an ocular spectrum) upon the imaginative faculty, than an exertion of it.”

Analysis of the poems 1.1 Analysis of “I wandered lonely as a cloud” Eventually, facing the similarities and differences, there will be a conclusion about a reader's role in the interpretative process of these two poems, and literary works in general.

After having shown the poems' inner form and and content, I will provide a comparative analysis with regard to several aspects such as author and period, circumstances under which the poems came into being, or form and content. I will begin with “I wandered lonely as a cloud” and investigate the stylistic devices of every stanza, relate them to the latter as a whole, and finally figure out their functions to show how they support my argumentations concerning their ramification.Īs far as Bukowski's “8 count” is concerned, I will continue with the same mode of procedure, showing the formal and stylistic devices as well as how the poem is made up and in what way its composition contributes to the created effect.

Romantic elements such as nature, emotion, and individuality are what helped put a message behind the lyrics of his poem.This term paper will analyse and confront the poems by William Wordsworth and Charles Bukowski. In order to express how he felt about that, William Wordsworth used romantic elements. When writing his poems, humanity and nature were not united. William Wordsworth wanted to express his feelings through a poem. Since the author is living in a world where humanity and nature isn’t united as one, him thinking of daffodils dancing in a field makes him finds himself as an individual.Įverybody has different ways of expressing their feelings. Whenever he is on his couch, not in the mood, he thinks about the happy daffodils dancing. “For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” (Lines 19-24 I Wander Lonely As a Cloud) In this quoted phrase, the author finds himself as an individual. One last romantic element found within the poems is individuality. The author would rather be a heathen rather than to be a part of what humanity has become. Humanity and nature are isolated from each other, which makes the author mad. In the poem “The World Is Too Much with Us”, in lines 8-10 the author states “For this, for everything, we are out of tune It moves us not.–Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn ” The author uses the logic of how everything is not in order. With that, people are dedicating their hearts to their lives, instead of the nature around them.Īnother romantic element found in the poems is emotion.

What William Wordsworth was trying to say is that since everyone is cramped into one city, they don’t get to see a lot of nature. In lines 3-4 in “The World Is Too Much with Us”, William states “Little we see in Nature that is ours we have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!” It may not sound like that there is a message here, but if you read it carefully, you can slowly understand the message. The romantic element Nature plays a significant role in William Wordsworth’s poem. When analyzing each line within the poem, it reveals a specific element along with a message the author is trying to tell you. All these three elements all help deliver a message within the poem. Elements such as emotions, nature, and individuality have been found within William Wordsworth’s poem. However, when I read the poem a couple more times out loud, I slowly got to pick up his message and the elements within his poem. Upon reading William Wordsworth’s poem, it was kind of unclear of what he was trying to say.

I wander lonely as a cloud by william wordsworth