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I Wandered Lonely as a pervert An compendium    I chose the poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth because I like the imagery in it of leaping daffodils. Upon nestled examination, I realized that most of this imagery is created by the many parables and allegorys Wordsworth uses. In the jump line, Wordsworth says I wandered lonely as a sully. This is a simile comparing the wondering of a man to a cloud floating(a) through the sky. I suppose the wandering cloud is lonely because in that respect is nothing up there that high in the sky likewise it. It can pass by unnoticed, touching nothing. Also, the image of a cloud brings to mind a light, carefree sort of wandering. The cloud is not fountain by any obstacle, but can go wherever the supposition of the wind takes it. The next line of poem says I saw a congregation, a host, of prospering daffodils. Here Wordsworth is using a metaphor to compare the daffodils to a crowd of people and a host o f angels. The word crowd brings to mind an image of the daffodils chattering amongst one another, leaning their heads near individually other in the wind. The word host makes them seem like their golden petals are shimmering like golden halos on angels. It is interesting to note that daffodils do have a circular rim of petals in the middle that could number like a halo. Later in the poem Wordsworth uses another simile, construction the dancing of daffodils in the wind is continuous as the stars that shine and dart on the milky way. This line creates the image of the wind blowing the tops of stochastic daffodils up and down in a haphazard matter, so they progress to glint momentarily as their faces catch the sun. This goes along with the next metaphor of the daffodils tossing their heads in sprightly dance. Comparing their movement to a dance likewise makes me think of swirling, swishing yellow skirts moving in harmony. It is also interesting how the first image of the wander ing cloud contrasts sharply with the second image of the dancing daffodils.