William Wordsworth

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Wordsworth was formost the
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poet who wrote about the supernatural
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poet who wrote about the medieval past
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poet who wrote about nature
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poet who wrote about feelings

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  • Wrote ‘the Lyrical Ballads’ together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge which officially started the Romantic period in England,
  • Wrote dark poetry at first, about social injustice
  • Was inspired by his immediate surroundings (Lake district) and his childhood.
  • Spent some years in France, during the French Revolution, and fathered a daughter there.
  • Married Mary Hutchinson
  • Had a neurotic sister, Dorothy, for whom he took care until she died

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Some vocabulary exercises. 




to help you understand the poem
STANZA 1

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In which picture do you see a daffodil?
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Vocabulary - Sleep de vertaling naar het juiste woord
1. to wander
2. vales
3. a host
4. to flutter
5. o'er
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5
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to walk around slowly without any clear purpose 
A large group of people
Another word for valleys.
A contraction of "over."
to make a series of quick delicate movements

Slide 10 - Drag question

Find the correct order
When all at once I saw a crowd
That floats on high o'ver vales and hills
I wandered lonely as a cloud
Beside the lake, beneath the trees.
A host, of golden daffodils
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

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Which of the following identifies the theme of the poem?
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The beauty of nature brings people pleasure.
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Nature reflects the variety of emotions that humans feel.
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Humans rarely appreciate the beauty of nature that surrounds them.
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Nature is the best inspiration for hopeful artists.

Slide 15 - Quiz

Which detail from the text best shows the theme of the poem?
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“I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o'er vales and hills,” (Lines 1-2)
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“A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company:” (Lines 15-16)
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“I gazed — and gazed — but little thought / What wealth the show to me had brought:” (Lines 17-18)
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“In vacant or in pensive mood, / They flash upon that inward eye” (Lines 20-21)

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For oft, when on my couch I lie / In vacant or in pensive mood, / They flash upon that inward eye ----- What poetic device is 'inward eye'?
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Sonnet
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Metaphor
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Simile
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Enjambment

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How does the poet’s use of sound influence the mood of the poem?
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The poet uses a predictable rhyme scheme to create a cheerful mood.
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The poet uses free verse to create a serious mood.
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The poet uses repetition to develop the feeling that nature is constant.
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The poet emphasizes the pleasures of nature through alliteration.

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