Romantic Poetry

Wordsworth’s poem I wandered lonely as a cloud has

• three stanzas

• four stanzas

• five stanzas

In Wordsworth’s poem I wandered lonely as a cloud what immediate effect does the sight of the daffodils have on the poetic voice?

• A He feels curious about how they got there.

• He is inspired to write a poem about them.

• He suddenly feels very happy.

What seems to be dancing with the daffodils?

• the water on the lake

• the trees by the lake

• the birds in the trees

“Continuous as the stars that shine” it is a

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

“They flash upon that inward eye” it is

• a simile

• a personification

• a metaphor

“Tossing their heads in sprightly dance” it is

• a personification

• a simile

• a metaphor

In the last stanza of I wandered lonely as a cloud solitude is seen as

• a necessary pre-condition for calling up memories.

• a sad condition to be counteracted by calling up happy memories.

• a consequence of being too pensive.

At the beginning of the poem, how does the poet feel?

• happy and joyful

• melancholic and lonely

• sad and pensive

This line“In vacant or in pensive mood”expresses

• the poet is looking at the flowers

• the poet is walking around

• the poet is enjoying a moment of tranquillity.

In the Preface to Lyrical Ballads Wordsworth stated that he had chosen to write about “humble and rustic life” because

• the essential emotions are less restrained and therefore more interesting.

• it provided more unusual situations and experiences as subject matter for poetry

• he wanted to expose and thus improve the social condition of the poor and exploited.