Modern poetry sounds the way it does thanks in part to Wordsworth: “‘I wandered lonely as a cloud.’ So begins a famous poem of William Wordsworth’s, one that was often taught to ...

Wordsworth, Dorothy. The Grasmere Journals. Edited by Pamela Wood, Oxford UP, 1993. Wordsworth, William. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Selected Poems and Prefaces, p. 191. ———. “Lines composed a Few ...

“I wandered lonely as a cloud” Oh, hello! I’m reading from a poem by William Wordsworth, a poet who was inspired by the landscape around me, here in the Lake District. And it’s no ...