ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In “I wandered lonely as a cloud” who does “I” refer to?
A
The poet
B
The poet’s sister
C
The Daffodils
D
The cloud
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first stanza, the poet says that he was wandering lonely as a Cloud that floats on high o’er vales and Hills. The phrase refers to him being roaming around without any purpose. He was all alone like a cloud that floats high in the valley.

Detailed explanation-2: -I is referred to the poet himself, William Wordsworth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Solution. Wordsworth is comparing himself to a cloud in the sky, wandering without a destination, as can be seen in Line 1 of the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. Since he is in the sky like a floating cloud the poet is able to see all the things and events in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The only human character in the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth is the speaker, who is an alter-ego of the poet himself. Through personification, the daffodils themselves and the waves of the lake become characters in the poem.

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