Name ___________________________
Activity One: Simile
The following lines appear in William Wordsworth’s poem, The Daffodils. Read the poem in its entirety, and then answer the questions that follow about the simile contained in these lines.
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills
1. What is this simile referring to within the context of the poem? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How is this description different from saying simply that I wandered alone? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. How is this description different from saying that the persona was lonely? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What makes this an effective simile and why? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
