Imagery in I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
Imagery in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” At the beginning of the Romantic Era, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coelridge published Lyrical Ballads, a volume of poems full of emotion and fantasy. ... “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth begins this voyage with images of floating clouds, daffodil fields, and the poet himself. The opening lines of the poem, “I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o’er vales and hills,” paints a picture for the reader (Wordsworth 1-2). To the reader a feeling of anxiety and solitude briefly encapsulate he/she as he/she watches the single cloud against the blue sky.