I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I would say that the development of my reading throughout the semester was a puzzle being constantly worked on and added to. I started out the semester at the point in the puzzle where the edges were complete and I could see the big picture being revealed to me. I knew the basics of reading and interpreting and had the necessary skills to effectively tackle whatever piece of literature chosen for us. However, I was missing major sections of the puzzle and had gaps in my knowledge. I never had an…

“Flash upon my inward eye”: The Role of Reflection and Tranquility in William Wordsworth’s “Daffodils” In his preface to Lyrical Ballads, William Wordsworth famously writes that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth, Wu 509). However, it is important to note that he modifies this statement by adding that “though this be true, Poems to which any value can be attached were never produced on any variety of subjects but by a man who, being possessed of…

would escalate like it has or the fact that people are lonely in the world, the stupidity of people by having no reason to kill themselves or addictions that people have towards different things like drugs. Fahrenheit 451 is about a fireman who burns books,…

The poet by using smithing imagery for the creation of tiger wants to show the contrast between the natural world and the industrialization. As I said before, his visionary religious beliefs caused his visionary poetry to assert deep truths about the universe. The effect of industrialization also caused him to say that a mechanical hand maybe has created the tiger. "School Boy" is another poem…

imagery of birds especially in their love poetry and lovesick men were estimated to nightingales, singing endlessly of their desperate love. Rich visual imagery is utilized by WordsWorth in ‘DAFFODILS”. I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd,…

McCandless from different perspectives, and came to several conclusions about this young man. Some deemed him to be incredibly clueless, while others saw him as a boy who simply just followed his heart. “I just don’t understand why he had to take those kind of chances,” Billie protests through her tears. “I just don’t understand it all” (Krakauer 132). In the novel, “Into The Wild”, Jon Krakauer portrays Chris McCandless as exactly who he is. A young, reckless boy who went into the wilderness…

hierarchy in the world and moral structure is present in the natural environment. In most of his poems, Wordsworth expresses this belief. Take a read at this poem, I Wandered Lonely as Cloud and observe how Wordsworth has depicted different ways in which nature has offered a source of inspiration (Sergeant 78). Starting from the cloud wandering to field daffodils, he portrays the images that depict the influential nature of nature. In his poem the Solitary Reaper, he invokes the image of a…

wanderer to make discoveries about himself. In William Wordsworth’s poem of wanderlust, “I travelled among unknown men” (1807), the poet rediscovers his patriotic side only after he has extensively traveled far away from his home in England. While searching for the unknown, he finds out the visionary and healing abilities of the mind and finally interpret the influence of nature, as evident in “I wandered lonely as a cloud” (Daffodils). The speaker of the poem takes solace in an extremely lone,…

I hear voices, they're all around me. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself to never play that damn game. They say I'm crazy and maybe I am. Maybe whatever it is that haunts me, took my sanity and hid it away. Somewhere where it's impossible to find it, somewhere dark and sinister. Maybe they buried it deep down into the core of the earth and it's just sitting down there, waiting to be found. I sound crazy don't I? You think I'm crazy and it's okay because I think I am as well. I'm…

“Morning, Mike,” the chief said. “I want to remind you that discretion is essential under the circumstances. Otherwise, this ghost thing could turn into a real media freak show.” “You got it, Chief,” Dad agreed. “Our conversation is strictly off the record.” He was a reporter for the Covert Times and a wannabe TV sports anchor with a stack of applications to prove it. “Thanks.” Chizelmen’s SUV squealed around a corner. “Were you at Willaston last night, Madison?” “Yes,” I said.…