Thursday, January 26, 2012

Can someone give me literary criticism on I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils,

Beside the lake, beneath the trees

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.



Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.



The waves beside them danced, but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: -

A poet could not but be gay

In such a jocund company:

I gazed -and gazed -but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought.



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.

Can someone give me literary criticism on I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?
that is 'Daffodils' by William Wordsworth, %26amp; it is one of those poems which r beyond criticism.He is comparing himself to a cloud in the sky, wandering. This is because being up there in the sky like a floating cloud, he is able to see all things going around in the world from an aerial point of view. He is detatched from the world like the lonely floating cloud, and observes the world at a distance. He is a bit of a loner in my opinion in the beginning of the poem.As soon as he sees the crowd of "sprightly" daffodils, he is brought to think about the meaning of his life. After seeing the daffodils, he founds out that his heart is filled with pleasure. He feels a lot more relief.

The poet clearly shows appreciation and love for nature. His strong feeling of loneliness fades away gradually when he sees the beautiful and absorbing sceneries e.g. the daffodils. He is deeply impressed by the beauty of nature, he starts to enjoy the "bliss of solitude", gaining "pleasure" from it, he is also provoked to think about the meaning of the lifestyle he is living in.
Reply:In the first and last stanzas, this poem shows why Wordsworth is still considered one of the important poets of the English language, even though poetry has changed considerably since he wrote. In the two middle stanzas, I think he shows why he has never been in the first rank of English poets. In those two middle stanzas, there are lines that are there for no purpose except to fill a line. They strain for logic and natural rhythm and stretch for rhymes. They could be omitted without damaging either the sense or the feeling of the poem. And yet, the first and last stanzas will keep this poem alive for long time.
Reply:NIce one.....but has not got order and central message...
Reply:regular end rhyme enhances the relaxed mood seemingly portrayed by the persona/poet.



the poet is so different from the daffodils as they are spritely and lively and hes "lonley as a cloud and wandering"... such a stark contrast made



poem is full of comparative devices:

personification = stanza 1 line 3-4 and 6; stza 2 line 6

and a whole lot more... basically the poet gives a lot of life to these daffodils



they (daffodils) give him joy and a feeling of relaxed happiness ( stanza 3 line 3 to 6 )



the tone of the poem is relaxed and pensive

the mood of the poet is reflective



theme - nature in harmony with man, or in a general sense, Nature



structure/form of the poem: the stanzas have similar line length and the same number of lines which adds to the organised feeling that the reader while reading teh poem, it accentuates the seemingly oraganised role of the flowers the poet comments on and/or nature in general... every living thing has a role to play.



(i guess). :-)


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