PLEASE HELP! Read the diary entry and poem and answer the questions below......
25 points!!!
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
by William Wordsworth
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.
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.
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:
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.
The Friends That Don’t Talk to Me
Today I walked alone all the way around the lake near my house. My path led through an old forest, and as I passed the enormous trunks of the trees, I felt as though I should respect their silence by being quiet myself. On the other side of the lake, the path emerged from the trees, and there was nothing but grass.
Then I came around a little hill and suddenly there were hundreds of Canada geese looking at me. I stayed still and quiet, hoping they wouldn’t fly away, and they didn’t. After a while they just went back to what they were doing. The more they ignored me, the more I felt that I was among friends.
Question #1
How are the topics of the two texts different?
Question #2
How are the themes of the two texts different?
