Day 1 Assignment
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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.

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Hyperbole
"They stretched in never-ending line"
"Ten thousand saw I at a glance"
To show the vastness of the sky. (Same as Metophor)

Personification
"The waves beside them danced, but they out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;"
To show the liveliness of the waves.

Metaphor
"They stretched in never-ending line"
To show the vastness of the sky. (Same as Hyperbole 1)

Simile
"I wandered lonely as a cloud"
To relate loneliness to clouds.

Symbolism
"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:"
Shows the relaxing mood.