Biographical Information
What is William WordsWorth known as the Founder of?
British Romanticism
What is Wordsworth view on nature?
he sees beauty and value in nature; humans and nature ares supposed to be connected
What technique is Wordsworth using here: "I wandered lonely as a cloud"?
simile
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: "winds that will be howling at all hours"?
What kind of values did Willaim Wordsworth have?
strong transcendentalist values
In "The World Is Too Much With Us," what has ruined the connection between humans and nature?
industrialization and materialism have pushed humans further away from nature
What technique is Wordsworth using here: "The waves beside them danced"?
personification
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: "And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers"?
simile
When was William Wordsworth born?
April 7th, 1770
In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," what is the meaning of the fourth stanza:
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.
there are positive effects nature can bestow humans such as happiness and comfort
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: "They stretched in never-ending line/ Along the margin of a bay"?
imagery
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: "This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon"?
personification
What are the big themes of William Wordsworth's poetry?
Love for Nature and Sympathy for the Common Man
What is the meaning of these lines in "The World is Too Much With Us":
Great God! I’d rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn
Wordsworth emphasizes how Pagan religion is more connected to nature than Christianity is; he would rather have an outdated religion (Pagan) that values nature than one that does not (Christianity)
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: "that inward eye/ Which is the bliss of solitude"?
metaphor
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: “Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn”?
assonance
What kind of vocabulary did William Wordsworth use and why?
vocabulary that the common man could understand because he believed that's who poetry is for
What is the meaning of these lines in "The World Is Too Much With Us":
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn
Wordsworth is saying that if one were to become Pagan, and thus appreciate nature more, one would realize how powerful nature is and how gods can be seen in nature. When we put materialism aside, we are able to notice the beauty of nature more (ex: Proteus rising)
Triron blowing his wreathed horn (conch shell): you can hear the ocean when you listen closely >> when you pay attention to nature you can see it fully
What literary technique is Wordsworth using: “Ten thousand I saw at a glance”?
assonance
Describe Wordsworth's tone here: "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;—Little we see in Nature that is ours"?
critical tone toward humans lack of connection with nature