Examples of personification in the poem

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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" Discussion Questions

Please give a substantial answer to the following questions. To support your answer, please give evidence from the poem and explain why you think the evidence proves your point.

1. What is the speaker doing? What does he see "all at once"? This is the central image in the poem.

2. There is hyperbole in stanza two. Identify the hyperbole and discuss its contribution to the meaning of the poem.

3. What are some examples of personification in the poem? How do these examples contribute to the meaning of the poem?

4. The word wealth can mean many different things. (This is ambiguity.) What kind of wealth is the speaker referring to in line 18?

5. What do you think the speaker is referring to when he speaks of the "inward eye" in line 21?

6. What is the overall meter of the poem? How does the meter contribute to the meaning of the poem?

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