MadebyCrystalZhang10BCockermouth,Cumbria,EnglandHawksheadCambridgeWordsworth’smotherdiedwhenhewaseightWordsworthattendedHawksheadGrammarSchoolWhilehewasatHawkshead…AfterHawkshead,WordsworthstudiedatSt.John’sCollegeinCambridgeWhenWordsworthreturnedtoLondonfromFrance,hisuncledidnotwanttosupporthimforthepoliticalreasons.InOctober1795,WordsworthmovedtocountrysidewithDorothy,hisyoungersister.DemocracyNatureHumanityShewasaPhantomofdelightWhenfirstshegleameduponmysight;AlovelyApparition,sentTobeamoment’sornament;HereyesasstarsofTwilightfair;LikeTwilight’s,too,herduskyhair;ButallthingselseaboutherdrawnFromMay-timeandthecheerfulDawn;AdancingShape,animagegay,Tohaunt,tostartle,andwaylay.Isawheruponnearerview,ASpirit,yetaWomantoo!Herhouseholdmotionslightandfree,Andstepsofvirgin-liberty;AcountenanceinwhichdidmeetSweetrecords,promisesassweet;ACreaturenottoobrightofgoodForhumannature’sdailyfood,Fortransientsorrows,simplewiles,Praise,blame,love,kisses,tears,andsmiles.AndnowIseewitheyesereneTheverypulseofthemachine;Abeingbreathingthoughtfulbreath,ATravellerbetweenlifeanddeath;Thereasonfirm,thetemperatewill,Endurance,foresight,strength,andskill;AperfectWoman,noblyplanned,Towarn,tocomfort,andcommand;AndyetaSpiritstill,andbrightWithsomethingofangeliclight.(TheEnd)RhymeTone:romantic10-linestanzas5coupletsineachstanzaThroughoutthewholepoem,itusesexternalrhymeEx:ShewasaPhantomofdelight,Whenfirstshegleameduponmysight.TypicalromanticpoemimaginationandthepoeticinspirationFirststanza:elusiveSecondstanza:becomerealizethetruemeaningofloveThirdstanza:totallyunderstandTheme:Wordsworthputaveryexcessiveemotiontothispoemwhichmakepeoplefeelthesubtlebetweenheandhiswife.Thispoemshowsthattheperfectwomanwascreatedfromnature.Natureistheoriginofeveryenjoyment.IwanderedlonelyasacloudThatfloatsonhigho’ervalesandhills,WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils,Besidethelake,beneaththetreesFlutteringanddancinginthebreeze.ContinuousasthestarsthatshineAndtwinkleontheMilkyWay,Theystretchedinnever-endinglineAlongthemarginofabay:TenthousandsawIataglanceTossingtheirheadsinsprightlydance.Thewavesbesidethemdanced,buttheyOut-didthesparklingwavesinglee:-ApoetcouldnotbutbegayInsuchajocundcompany:Igazed-andgazed-butlittlethoughtWhatwealththeshowtomehadbrought.Foroft,whenonmycouchIlieInvacantorinpensivemood,TheyflashuponthatinwardeyeWhichistheblissofsolitude;AndthenmyheartwithpleasurefillsAnddanceswiththedaffodils.(TheEnd)Rhythmiambictetrameter,iambictrimeterAlliterationAssonanceConsonanceSimilePersonificationAuthor’sinspirationcamefromhisyoungersisterDorothy’sdescriptionofdaffodilsdancinginthewind.Mood:sadnesshappinessThegreatinfluenceofnatureuponhumanbeing.Bothofthetwopoemswroteaboutthenatureofthewomanandthenaturewelive.Theybothusethefigurativelanguagesuchasrhymeandrhythm,whichmaketheseartofworkbecamesong-likepoems.Also,bothtwopoemswroteaboutthefreedomandthebeautyofnature,whichmeanstheauthorhadaspecialinterestinthat.AuthorhadvisitedFranceandbeingeffectedbytherevolutionthere,whichmeansheaversiontourbancivilizationandcoldrelationsofmoney.ThatisthemainreasonwhyheandDorothymovedtothecountryside,wherelotsofbeautifulpoemswaswrittenthere.WilliamWordsworth’sbiographyWilliamWordsworth’spoem--SheWasaPhantomofDelightWilliamWordsworth’spoem--IWanderedLonelyasaCloudSomeanalysisaboutSheWasaPhantomofDelight