Analysis of I wondered Lonely as a Cloud by William...

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 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 Outdid the sparkling waves in glee; A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company; I gazed- and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft when in my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash†¦show more content†¦Down dropt the breeze, the sails dropt down, Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. Analysis: Coleridge prefers to write on the supernatural subjects, that is also a characteristic of romanticism, and in this poem he deals with supernatural punishment and penance. On the first stanza, we have alliteration and assonance. On the second stanza, we have alliteration on the first and second lines and assonance on the third. On the third stanza, we have assonance on the second line, alliteration on the second and third lines, an assonance on the fourth line and an alliteration on the fifth line. On the fifth stanza, we have alliteration on the second line. On the sixth stanza, we have repetition on the second line, we have antithesis on the last two lines. On the seventh stanza, we have assonance on the second line. On the eighth stanza, we have repetition on the first stanza. On the ninth stanza, we have repetition on the first and third lines and antithesis on the last two lines. Percy Bysshe Shelley