Commentaryof“IWonderedLonelyasaCloud”Abstract:ThispoemiscertainlyoneofthemostfamousinthesequenceofWilliamWordsworth’spoems.Thebeautyofthispoemliesinitslinguisticfeaturesincludingphonologicalfeatures,soundseffects,figuresofspeechanditspureandpoeticlanguage,thispaperisgoingtoanalyzingthesefeatures.Keywords:WilliamWordsworth,soundseffectoffeatures,figuresofspeechAbouttheauthorWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850),WordsworthwasbornandgrewupneartheLakeDistrict,HewasEngland’sPoetLaureatefrom1843untilhisdeathandknownasthe”LakePoets’’hewasalsoamajorEnglishromanticpoetwho,withSamuelTaylorColeridge,helpedlaunchtheRomanticAgeinEnglishliteraturewiththeir1798jointpublicationLyricalBallads.ThelifeandthinkofWordsworthareillustratedinthelongpoemTheRecluse.HisanotherworksarePrelude,Lucypoems,MyHeartLeapsup,TotheCuckoo.AboutthepoemThefoursix-linestanzasofthispoemfollowaquatrain-coupletrhymescheme:ABABCC.Eachlineismeterediniambictetrameter.Thissimplepoem,oneoftheloveliestandmostfamousintheWordsworthcanon,revisitsthefamiliarsubjectsofnatureandmemory,thistimewithaparticularly(simple)spare,musicaleloquence.Theplotisextremelysimple,depictingthepoet'swanderingandhisdiscoveryofafieldofdaffodilsbyalake,thememoryofwhichpleaseshimandcomfortshimwhenheislonely,bored,orrestless.Thecharacterizationofthesuddenoccurrenceofamemory--thedaffodils"flashupontheinwardeye/Whichistheblissofsolitude"--ispsychologicallyacute,butthepoem'smainbrillianceliesinthereversepersonificationofitsearlystanzas.MajorthemeofthepoemThepoemtellsusthatnature’sbeautyupliftsthehumanspirit.However,peoplesometimesfailtoappreciatenature’swondersastheygotheirroutine.Naturethrivesunattended.SoundeffectsEndrhymeThepoemisbuiltoffourstanzas,eachconsistingofsixlines.Therhymeschemeisababcc.Therearetenendrhymesasfollow:1.[aud]cloudcrowd2.[ilz]hillsdaffodils3.[ri:z]treesbreeze4.[ain]shineline5.[ei]waybay6.[æns]glancedance7.[i:]gleecompany8.[ɔ:t]thoughtbrought9.[ai]lieeye10.[d]moodsolitude2．AlliterationThereismuchalliterationin