Symbolism In I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud, By William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth conducted a poem comparing him self to nature. Using great examples of symbolism, Wordsworth puts himself in the place of being one with a cloud. Also, classifying objects almost assuming that they are groups of people. This man was explaining that was a lonely man who just had nature by his side; he was using nature as his guide. Sometimes it takes the beauty of what is around you to change it all. In stanza one, Wordsworth he uses a cloud as symbol of him just floating by doing things on his own; like a cloud would. Adventuring through nature on his own, over valleys and hills to see what he could explore. Eventually coming across beautiful, golden daffodils flowing to the movement of the wind. The author seemed to have …show more content…
Galgut says “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud contains many terms that refer to a psychological condition: ‘lonely,’ ‘glee,’ ‘gay,’ ‘jocund,’ ‘pensive,’ ‘bliss,’ ‘pleasure.’ This gives another example as to how poetry can be understood different. Galgut also thinks that when a reader is going through and try to adopt the viewpoint of the poets, this may be able to help the reader understand what the poet is saying (Galgut 146). Finding out this information can also help a reader to find out the information that is hidden beneath the actual words in the …show more content…
There was a reason that he was brought there to experience such a view and this was one of the reasons. Wordsworth was able to look back and re-experience this magical and special time he had whenever he felt upset or lonely. He also is able to share this vivid memory with everyone he meets through the word of mouth and his special talent of writing. Poetry seems to have many different hidden meanings throughout all of the stanzas, but it always brings you back to the same meaning. In this specific poem the meaning came off as, nature is beautiful and it can do so much to help your inner self; do not loose connection with the beauty around you, it can save

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