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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high2 o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host of3 golden daffodils,Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

 Continuous4 as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the Milky Way,They stretched5 in never-ending lineAlong the margin6 of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly7 dance8. 

2. on high: in the sky

3. A host of: A crowd of

4. Continuous: Extending without break 5. stretched: extending6. the margin: the border or the edge7. sprightly: happily8. dance: The repetition of the word “dance” is employed to emphasize the vivid happy scene of the daffodils and it's long lasting in the poet's mind.

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The waves beside them danced; but theyOutdid the sparkling waves in glee9:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed — and gazed — but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood10,They flash upon that inward eye11Which is the bliss of solitude12;And then my heart with pleasure fills13,And dances with the daffodils.

9. Outdid the sparkling waves in glee: Danced more happily than the sparkling waves

10. In vacant or in pensive mood: In a mood in which the mind is devoid of any thought or in a meditative mood 11. inward eye: mind screen, soul12. bliss of solitude: feeling of happiness when one stays alone13. with pleasure fills: fills with pleasure

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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

我好似一朵孤独的流云， 高高地飘游在山谷之上， 突然我看见一大片鲜花， 是金色的水仙遍地开放， 它们开在湖畔，开在树下， 它们随风嬉舞，随风波荡。 它们密集如银河的星星， 像群星在闪烁一片晶莹， 它们沿着海湾向前伸展， 通往远方仿佛无穷无尽； 一眼看去就有千朵万朵， 万花摇首舞得多么高兴。

粼粼湖波也在近旁欢跳， 却不如这水仙舞得轻俏； 诗人遇见这快乐的旅伴， 又怎能不感到欣喜雀跃； 我久久凝视－－却未领悟 这景象所给我的精神至宝。 后来多少次我郁郁独卧， 感到百无聊赖心灵空漠； 这景象便在脑海中闪现， 多少次安慰过我的寂寞； 我的心又随水仙跳起舞来， 我的心又重新充满了欢乐

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This poem is taken from Wordsworth's Poems of Imagination. The first and the second stanzas of it create a vivid picture of a host of golden daffodils dancing happily in the breeze. The third stanza reveals the happiness brought to the poet's ailing soul by the dancing daffodils. The last stanza shows that the happiness brought by the daffodils lasts forever in the poet's memory. The whole poem is obviously a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility. It eulogizes the harmony between things in nature and the harmony between nature and man. The poem is written in iambic tetrameter and the rhyme scheme of each stanza is ababcc.

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