I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth William Wordsworth（1770-1850） I. His Life 1770 — born in Cumberland‚ now called Wordsworth House 1779 - 1787 — attended the Grammar School 1787-1791 — studied at St John’s College‚ Cambridge 1790 — visited revolutionary France and supported 1793 —published An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches 1795 — met Samuel Taylor Coleridge in Somerset. 1797 — moved to Somerset with his sister Dorothy 1798 — produced Lyrical Ballads together with
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William and Dorothy Wordsworth Compared: As Brother and Sister and as Writers. There is no doubt that there are strong similarities between Dorothy Wordsworth’s “Grasmere Journal” and William Wordsworth’s poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. The relationship between these two pieces is clearly illuminated by Frances Wilson and his critical take upon events highlighted in Dorothy’s Journal. As well as Wilson‚ Susan M. Levin also takes a theoretical look at the relationship‚ suggesting that Dorothy’s
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Childhood and growing up Loneliness * “To wander half the night among the cliffs and the smooth Hollows‚ where the woodcocks ran along the open turf.” * “I went alone into a shepherd’s boat‚ a skiff that to a Willow tree was tied within a Rocky cave‚ its usual home.” Fear and terror * “Sometimes it befell in these night-wanderings‚ that a strong desire O’erpower’d my better reason‚ and the bird which was the captive of another toils became my prey; and‚ when the deed was done
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John Muir and William Wordsworth Have you ever been or seen something that makes you truly blissfully happy? Maybe gone on a speedy roller coaster. Going up and down at lightning speed‚ the adrenaline coursing through your veins. In those few minutes having no worries only feeling as free as a bird. That is how John Muir in the essay The Calypso Borealis and William Wordsworth in the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud felt about nature. They use vivid writing to describe how freeing their experiences
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In a previous letter‚ William Wordsworth invited Charles Lamb to come out to his home in the country. Lamb‚ knowing full well that he would never set foot in the countryside‚ wrote a letter of response to Wordsworth. With his skillfully placed uses of tone‚ compare and contrast‚ and imagery‚ he rejects Wordworth’s invitation to visit the hellacious countryside. Throughout his letter‚ Lamb’s tone deviates. When he is describing the country that he finds so distasteful‚ his tone is negative
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Kimmy Tweed Mr.Sparks English 1 5/4/15 Comparing essay and poetry The two authors John Muir and William Wordsworth are two authors that write two different types of literature‚ one being poetry and the other being essays. These two illustrative literature artists both included nature in their writings. They say that poetry and essays are completely different but on the other hand they have similarities. In the essay "Calypso Borealis" written by John Muir he compared his life and his feelings
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"Lines Written in Early Spring‚" by William Wordsworth‚ sets the tone within the title. The thought of early spring brings new life and harmony to the mind of the reader. A vision of Wordsworth sitting in a open field‚ observing the flowers budding and bunnies hopping around comes to the reader’s mind. He "heard a thousand blended notes" of birds singing and the world blooming around him‚ thoughts of Bambi are brought to mind. Spring‚ for me‚ creates a feeling of joy‚ and I think it is the best of
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grief. Wordsworth opposes his instantaneous joy brought on momentary forgetfulness against the indefinite reality of his daughters death‚ and concludes with the acceptance of his perpetual grief. Surprised by Joy expresses a potent feeling of grief that Wordsworth experienced when he temporarily forgot about the death of his four year old daughter. To be surprised by joy would seem to imply that a feeling of happiness was then so rare that it retrospectively alarmed Wordsworth. The
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nature. Nature is regarded as the source of a child’s experience and imagination. In the Wordsworth poems “Tintern Abbey‚” “I wandered lonely as a cloud“ and “My Heart Leaps Up‚” the relationship between the Wordsworthian child and imagination is one that allows for one to develop a strong bond with nature. The child’s imagination allows them to form an intense bond with nature. In Tintern Abbey‚ Wordsworth has several boyish encounters where his emotions are prime as opposed to intellectual endeavours
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Romantic literature‚ like other genres‚ shares similar literary elements that unify a certain style of poetry. William Wordsworth‚ a Romantic poet‚ used images of nature along with themes of idealism expressed with emotion in his poetry. These elements that Wordsworth used were very typical of other Romantic work’s themes and images. Without Wordsworth’s use of them‚ his poetry would have a completely different effect. One element in Romantic literature that is very prevalent is images of nature
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