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Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 6:22 PM
Emergency IT Lesson 1: Figurative Language
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth 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 leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but 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.
How are the figurative language used in the poem?
In the first line,"I wandered lonely as a cloud", two figurative languages are already used. That is, simile and personification. Simile, quite clearly, has been used to compare the person's loneliness to a cloud. Personification has also been used as the poet has personified the cloud to be able to feel lonely. A metaphor is then used when the poet compares the daffodils to a crowd of people in the line "When all at once I saw a crowd,".In the last line of the same stanza, another personification has been suggested when the poet gives the daffodils human capabilities by describing them as "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
In the second stanza, the poet explains that there are many daffodils by using hyperbole in the lines "Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line".
There are so many daffodils that he relates them to the stars in the milky way and there was a line of daffodils that were never ending. The poet wants to evoke a strong feeling for the scene. The daffodils are then personified again when they are "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance."
In the line "the waves beside them danced", the waves are personified to dance, but are however, out-done by the daffodils. It is clear now that the word "dancing" is used in all three stanzas. This is to emphasize the beauty of nature, which is as graceful as when someone is dancing.
4 types of figurative language has been used. They are simile, personification, metaphor and hyperbole.
Why did I like the poem?
This poem, as I have said, responds to the beauty of nature and I happen to be someone who enjoys nature. This poem shows a change of emotions in a person from lonliness to to bliss, which suggests that nature's beauty is able to uplift one's spirits. It also depicts freedom as the daffodils dance around freely. This poem truly touches the inner depth of a human as the poet uses the power of nature.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 6:22 PM
Emergency IT Lesson 1: Figurative Language
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth 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 leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but 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.
How are the figurative language used in the poem?
In the first line,"I wandered lonely as a cloud", two figurative languages are already used. That is, simile and personification. Simile, quite clearly, has been used to compare the person's loneliness to a cloud. Personification has also been used as the poet has personified the cloud to be able to feel lonely. A metaphor is then used when the poet compares the daffodils to a crowd of people in the line "When all at once I saw a crowd,".In the last line of the same stanza, another personification has been suggested when the poet gives the daffodils human capabilities by describing them as "Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
In the second stanza, the poet explains that there are many daffodils by using hyperbole in the lines "Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line".
There are so many daffodils that he relates them to the stars in the milky way and there was a line of daffodils that were never ending. The poet wants to evoke a strong feeling for the scene. The daffodils are then personified again when they are "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance."
In the line "the waves beside them danced", the waves are personified to dance, but are however, out-done by the daffodils. It is clear now that the word "dancing" is used in all three stanzas. This is to emphasize the beauty of nature, which is as graceful as when someone is dancing.
4 types of figurative language has been used. They are simile, personification, metaphor and hyperbole.
Why did I like the poem?
This poem, as I have said, responds to the beauty of nature and I happen to be someone who enjoys nature. This poem shows a change of emotions in a person from lonliness to to bliss, which suggests that nature's beauty is able to uplift one's spirits. It also depicts freedom as the daffodils dance around freely. This poem truly touches the inner depth of a human as the poet uses the power of nature.
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