I Wandered Lonely

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Slide 1 - Slide

The Romantic Period
  • Historical context
  • A poem about daffodils?

Slide 2 - Slide

What are the main themes
of Romantic literature?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Historical context
Late 18th / early 19th century: great changes!

  • Society: industrial cities; poverty among workers
  • Nature: large-scale environmental pollution
  • Great wealth vs great poverty

Slide 4 - Slide

Romantic period
Very different from Age of Reason!

Romantic > "romance" > story of adventure + imagination

Slide 5 - Slide

Main themes
  • the beauty and value of nature 
  • idealization of the countryside and country people 
  • the (idealized) past 
  • distant and exotic cultures 
  • children (innocent, not yet corrupted by the world) 
  • the supernatural

Slide 6 - Slide

William Wordsworth
1770 - 1850 
The Lake District
Lyrical Ballads

  • Tried to bring poetry withing reach of ordinary people
  • Used normal, everyday language
  • Subjects were simple, uneducated country folk

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Map

I Wandered Lonely ... 1
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er 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. 

Slide 9 - Slide

I Wandered Lonely ... 2
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.

Slide 10 - Slide

I Wandered Lonely ... 3
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: 

Slide 11 - Slide

I Wandered Lonely ... 4
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.


Slide 12 - Slide

Assigment
- Go to reader p. 47
- Answer the questions


timer
10:00

Slide 13 - Slide

How could you also interpret the word 'wandered'?
A
Walking around with a pensive mind.
B
Wondering about the meaning of nature.
C
Wondering about the meaning of one's life.
D
Walking through the valley of death.

Slide 14 - Quiz

What colour are the daffodils?
A
yellow
B
grey
C
blue
D
red

Slide 15 - Quiz

Normally only animals flutter and humans dance so what is happening with the flowers?
A
The wind is blowing and it looks as that makes the flowers dance.
B
The flowers are alive.
C
There are butteflies as well.
D
The flowers change into butterflies.

Slide 16 - Quiz

Why does the poet refer to stars and the milky way?
A
Because the sun has set and it is dark now.
B
To emphasize the fact that there are so many flowers.
C
To compare the flowers to the stars at night.
D
To stress the dancing of the flowers.

Slide 17 - Quiz

What feeling do the daffodils express?
A
anxiety
B
happiness
C
sadness
D
melancholy

Slide 18 - Quiz

What wealth did the sight of the daffodils bring to the poet?

Slide 19 - Open question

What is the difference between 'vacant' and 'pensive'?

Slide 20 - Open question

Explain the last 4 lines.

Slide 21 - Open question