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What inspired Wordsworth to write "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
What inspired Wordsworth to write "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
The sight of daffodils waving in the wind inspired Wordsworth to write the poem.
How does Wordsworth compare himself to a cloud in the poem?
How does Wordsworth compare himself to a cloud in the poem?
Wordsworth compares himself to a cloud to induce a sense of lightness and spatial disorientation.
What is a modern aspect of Wordsworth's poetry that is evident in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
What is a modern aspect of Wordsworth's poetry that is evident in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
The notion of unconscious memory is a modern aspect of Wordsworth's poetry that is evident in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud."
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- "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" is a famous poem by Wordsworth.
- The poem was inspired by the sight of daffodils waving in the wind.
- Wordsworth compares himself to a cloud, inducing a sense of lightness and spatial disorientation.
- The daffodils become a "host," resembling stars in an inverted cosmos.
- Wordsworth saw all this without consciously processing the experience.
- The memory of what he saw came back to him by chance.
- This notion of unconscious memory is a modern aspect of Wordsworth's poetry.
- It anticipates Marcel Proust's explorations of lost time.
- The poem was written in 1802.
- Wordsworth wrote the poem with his sister Dorothy.
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