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Introducing the Poem
Literary Focus: Rhythm and Meter
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudby William Wordsworth
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloudby William Wordsworth
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIntroducing the Poem
Click here to listen to the first stanza.
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudIntroducing the Poem
In this poem the speaker describes a memorable, inspiring moment in which he connected deeply with nature.
• The opening lines compare the speaker, in his solitary strolling, to a drifting cloud.
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• The solitude is broken when the speaker notices some daffodils “dancing in the breeze.”
Rhythm—repetition of sound patterns.
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudLiterary Focus: Rhythm and Meter
Meter—regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
• Rhythm is what gives poetry its musical quality.
• You can hear meter just as you can hear the steady beat of a heart.
Scanning
To describe a poem’s meter, you scan the poem.
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudLiterary Focus: Rhythm and Meter
• Read the poem aloud and listen for the beat.
• Mark the stressed syllables with the symbol (′) and the unstressed syllables with the symbol (˘).
It was many and many a year ago,from “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allan Poe
˘ ˘ ˘ ˘ ˘′ ′ ′˘ ˘ ˘
• What pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables can you identify?
I Wandered Lonely as a CloudLiterary Focus: Rhythm and Meter
Read Wordsworth’s poem aloud to scan it.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
˘ ′ ˘ ˘ ˘′ ′ ′
˘ ′ ˘ ˘ ˘′ ′ ′
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