I Wan dered Lon ely as a Cloud
By William Wordsworth
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1 w andered Ionely as a cloud 我好似一朵孤独的流云,(Simile )
That floats on high o'er vales and hills 高高地飘游在山谷之上,(Simile)
When all at once I saw a crowc突然我看见一大片鲜花,(Pers on ificatio n/Metaphor)
A host, of golde n daffodils ;是金色的水仙遍地开放，
Beside the lake, beneath the trees它们开在湖畔,开在树下,(alliteration)
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.们随风嬉舞,随风波荡。

(Personification/Metaphor
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Con ti nuous as the stars that shi门前们密集如银河的星星，
And twinkle on the milky way,像群星在闪烁一片晶莹；(一二两行Simile/hyperbole) They stretched in n ever-e nding line 它们沿着海湾向前伸展,
Along the margin of a bay:通往远方仿佛无穷无尽；(三四两行Simile/hyperbole)
Ten thousa nd saw I at a gla nee 一眼看去就有千朵万朵，
Toss ing their heads in sprightly dan ce 万花摇首舞得多么高兴。

(pers on ificatio n)
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The waves beside them dan ced; but the 粼粼湖波也在近旁欢跳,(pers on ificati on) Out-did the sparkli ng waves in glee 却不如这水仙舞得轻俏；(pers on ificati on)
A poet could not but be gay诗人遇见这快乐的旅伴，
In such a joc und compa ny又怎能不感到欣喜雀跃；
I gazed— and gazed— but little thought 我久久凝视——却未领悟
What wealth the show to me had brought:.这景象所给我的精神之宝。

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For oft whe n on my couch I lie后来多少次我郁郁独卧，
In vaca nt or in pen sive mood,感到百无聊赖心灵空漠；
They flash upon that in ward eye这景象便在脑海中闪现，
Which is the bliss of solitude,多少次安慰过我的寂寞；
And then my heart with pleasure fills,我的心又随水仙跳起舞来，
And dan ces with the daffodils...我的心又重新充满了欢乐。

(pers on ificati on)
1. The poet：William Wordsworth （1770--1850）, Poet Laureate"桂冠诗
人” ,Lake
Poets湖畔派诗人（与Robert Southey一起）
2・ Background：Poem recaptures a mome nt on April 15, 1802, whe n Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, were walking near a lake at Grasmere, Cumbria County,
En gla nd, and came upon a shore lined with daffodils.（据说根据兄妹一起出去玩时看到水仙，被大自然的妩媚所吸引这一经历写成，体现了是人关于诗歌应描写“平静中回忆起来的情感”，emotion recollected in tranquility）
3. Theme：
1. Nature's beauty uplifts the human spirit. Lines 15, 23, and 24 specifically refer to
this theme.
2. People sometimes fail to appreciate nature's wonders as they go about their daily
routi nes. Lines 17 and 18 suggest this theme.
3. Nature thrives unattended. The daffodils proliferate in splendor along the shore of
the lake without the n eed for huma n atte nti on.
4. Genre: Lyric poem
5. Rhyme Skill:ababcc, efefgg, hihikk, lmlmnn 四步抑扬格?
6・ Structure: four sta nzas, each in cludi ng 6 lines
7. Rhetoric（修辞）：Simile 明喻，personification 拟人，hyperbole夸张, alliteration头韵。

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8. Some Questions
（1）What does the image of cloud suggest to you?
Loneliness, isolation, solitude, aimlessness, aloofness
I wan dered Ion ely as a cloud---Ion eli ness
That floats on---aimless ness
High over vales and hills---solitude, isolati on
Cloud represe nts the feeli ngs
of the speaker (the poet) esse ntially.
(2) What has cheered the poet up? And how?
a host of golde n daffodils,
fluttering, dancing and glittering daffodils
Shine and twinkle as the stars
Stretched en dlessly
The cloud-like poet is deeply attracted by the beauty of the n ature and turns to be high-spirited, in stead of being Ion ely any more.
(3) What has the poet meditated from what he has described? And the theme?
In Ion eli ness or in low spirit, the recollect ion of the n ature beauty brings him “ the bliss” and “ pleasure' in his heart.
Therefore the idea of going back to n ature
is advocated and clearly expressed in this poem.
(4 Pay attention to the tense used in this poem. What does it indicate?
past tense
the recollect ion of the past experie nce will arouse a new sense of the old memories “ what wealth the show to me had brough t
“ the bliss of solitude/ flash upon that in ward eye (5) What does the poem impress you most?
Use of image
Vivid descripti on of n ature
Daily Ian guage。