1、1,I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,-William Wordsworth,2,I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (我如行云獨(dú)自游),I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high oer vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.,我獨(dú)游

2、于天際，如一朵流云 凌空于谷峰，飄然然悠閑。 忽地，我看見(jiàn)了一群， 一簇簇金黃色的水仙； 看，在樹(shù)之蔭，湖之緣， 在微風(fēng)中，她們舞姿翩翩。,3,Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.,她們似銀河星鉆，連延不斷， 碧銀銀，閃閃發(fā)光， 沿著湖灣

3、的水緣線， 伸向無(wú)窮無(wú)盡的遠(yuǎn)方： 一瞥去便是一萬(wàn)朵， 輕舞中花首頻顛簸。,4,The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed-and gazed-but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought.,波光里的漣漪也舞弄清影，卻 怎比得水仙的歡快； 伴有這等喜悅， 詩(shī)人如何不快！ 我久久凝視但毫無(wú)答復(fù)， 可

4、知這景致給予我多少財(cái)富：,5,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.,每當(dāng)我久臥不眠， 心緒空蕩，或憂(yōu)思難抱， 她們便閃現(xiàn)在心田， 正如寂寥中的光照； 于是我的心兒滿(mǎn)溢著歡暢， 同這群水仙起舞歌唱！,6,Life Experience,Willia

5、m Wordsworth (1770-1850) Mother died when he was eight and Father died when he was 13 Visited France in 1790 In 1795 the Wordsworth stayed in a cottage in Dorset, where they met Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey. poet laureate,7,William Wordsworth (1770-1850),Representative of the paasive R

6、omantic poets. His poetry is a voice of comprehensive humanity and one that inspires his audience to see the world freshly, sympathetically and naturally. simplicity and purity of his language,8,Lake poets,Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey were known as Lake Poets because they lived and knew one ano

7、ther in the last few years of the 18th century in the district of the great lakes in Northwestern England.,9,Major works,1. Lyrical Ballads ( 抒情歌謠集，1798) 2.Lucy Poems (露茜，1799) 3.Sonnet (1802): “Westminster Bridge” “Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood 4 Poems in T

8、wo Volume (1807): “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” ; “The Solitary Reaper” 5 The Prelude (序曲，1850 ),10,Special Features,1) A poet of nature Sensitive to every subtle change in the world around him Best at the truthful presentation of nature Finding abundant beauty in the common world, by penetrating t

9、o the heart of things City life tends to weaken humanity; a return to nature and its simple way of life is the only remedy for human wretchedness 2)The common life is the only subject of his literary interest. The joys and sorrows of the common people are his themes. 3)He uses simple, colloquial lan

10、guage in poetry.,11,Influence the leading figure of the English romantic poetry. contribution: he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.

11、,12,Introduction,“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is a poem about nature. With his pure and poetic language, Wordsworth brings us into a beautiful world where there are daffodils, trees and breeze. We follow the poet at every turn of his feelings.,13,Title The choose of the word “l(fā)onely” in “I wandere

12、d lonely as a cloud” instead of other words like carefree, leisure or jolly convey to us the poets depression and disconsolateness at the very beginning. But as he catches sight of daffodils and finds himself in the midst of nature, his loneliness turns into relaxation and joy. Thus the shift of the

13、 poets mood from sadness to happiness manifests the theme - the great influence of nature upon human being.,14,Stanza 1-2 : descibe beautiful natural scenery Stanza 3-4 : describe the poets feelings: joy, peace. the poet emphasized the importance of memories.,structure,15,Imagery,visual imagery: clo

14、ud- lightheartedness，carefree star - twinkling, hopeful daffodil- plain，elegant， vigorous spirit and soul ,16,I Wan/dered Lone/ly as/a Cloud, a That floats /on high /oer vales /and hills, b When all /at once/ I saw /a crowd a A host, /of gol/den da/ffodils; b Beside/ the lake, /beneath/ the trees, c

15、 Fluttering /and dan/cing in /the breeze. c,Sound,a) Rhyme ababcc, efefgg, hihikk, lmlmnn,b) Rhythm iambic tetrameter,17,Figure of speech,Simile I wandered lonely as a cloud Continuous as the stars that shine Personification Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Tossing their heads in sprightly danc

16、e. Repetition I gazed-and gazed-but little thought,18,Contrast The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: Hyperbole Ten thousand saw I at a glance Balanced structure Beside the lake, beneath the trees (assonance ),19,Theme,beauty of nature; rural life; harmony betwee

17、n human and nature; the great influence of nature upon human beings.,20,Summary,wandering like a cloud floating above hills and valleys, he encountered a field of daffodils beside a lake. The dancing, fluttering flowers stretched endlessly along the shore, and though the waves of the lake danced beside the flowers, the daffodils outdid the water in glee. The speaker says that a poet could not help but be happy in such a joyful company of flowers. He says that he