I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

The poem I chose from chapter 4 Images is Sheila Wingfield’s “A Bird” (p. 119). The poem oddly brought back a memory from my childhood. What makes poetry so powerful is its capability to evoke senses like memories and emotions. Images is one of the many tools poetry uses to create a verbal picture. Something as simple as a description of a melted ice cream cone, can remind your favorite or saddest day in summer. The poem is only five lines but the choice of words creates great imagery:…

known as an American poet and educator, which all his poems reflect the social, cultural, psychological are of the American middle class. This poem’s title might reflect on the narrator’s life and how beautiful it can be. I got attracted to this poem, because it reminded me when I was at the Regionals for a Cross-Country race and reflected how human’s life can be fair or beautiful. Dunn’s poem contains a cluster of nouns that represents the poem theme or main idea, however each cluster has a…

Dorothy and William strolling down the lane, raptured by the sun and the beauty it brings. Desiring to put their experience into words, each doing so in their own way. Dorothy penned a journal to give an account of all they saw, William created poems in reflections of the time they spent. The question remains; did William steal the original thought from his sister to create his poems? Did the two work in tandem toward the same goal? Perhaps their works are separate pieces that should be admired…

“It's time I thought of myself” is just one on the many selfish comments Windrider makes in the novel Dragonwings by Laurence Yep. His self-centered decisions caused Moonshadow’s dream to be prolonged, but Moonshadow never resents him for it and instead admires him. The entire book is based on Moonshadow’s admiring perspective, so readers don’t see the self-centered side to Moonshadow’s father. Windrider gives into his selfish desires, ultimately disregarding the feelings of others and…

During the bustle of England's industrial revolution, many writers sought comfort in the soft caresses of the natural world. In the majority of his works, William Wordsworth presents a similar theme, returning to dwell on the lowest, ordinary things and basking in the restorative abilities of nature. Longing for the day when England would return to its rural roots, his poetry creates an idol of nature and its power. However, in this world, there exists great certainty in the uncertain nature…

In “Pied Beauty” by Gerald Manley Hopkins and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” by William Wordsworth, both poets express their feelings upon the beauty of nature but on different ways. Hopkins fascinates for the variety of nature that God has created for the reason that it makes the nature to be unique in their own way. On the other hand, Wordsworth wonders at the silence and tranquility in nature that breaks through the morning in London. In title of the poem, “Pied Beauty,” we can make an…

flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” -Stevie Wonder. My childhood was one full of loneliness and beautiful flowers. Growing up I was picked on and never had any friends. My siblings didn’t quite care for me either, so I would often spend my time alone. My mother, however, would ask me to help her in garden. She was the best gardener I have ever seen, she would teach me all these tricks and techniques about gardening. We would spend summer afternoons planting seeds and…

For this project, I am focusing on Flora from the book, The Game of Love and Death, by Martha Brockenbrough. I chose the song, Dream a Little Dream of Me, sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong for Flora because it sounds like a song Flora would sing at the Domino. The jazzy trumpet with the noticeable walking bassline, paired with the chemistry of Fitzgerald’s and Armstrong’s voices produces a song that undeniably represents Henry and Flora. When I heard the version of this song sung by…

For example (cloud – hills – crowd – daffodils – tress – breeze). This poem also has a lot of figurative language and there are so many examples, “I wandered lonely as a cloud” is a clear simile because he compared or assumed himself as a cloud wandering in the sky. Also, there alliteration in different parts of the poem, for example “ h “ in high and hills. By talking about imagery…

to their own beliefs, identities and even fears. In other terms, the perception of nature can influence and be influenced by individuality. The poems “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth, “The Passionate Shepherd to his Love” by Christopher Marlowe, and “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold exemplify the…