![]() The inspiration for the poem came from a walk Wordsworth took with his sister Dorothy around Glencoyne Bay, Ullswater, in the Lake District. ![]() Often anthologised, it is now seen as a classic of English Romantic poetry, although Poems, in Two Volumes was poorly reviewed by Wordsworth's contemporaries. In a poll conducted in 1995 by the BBC Radio 4 Bookworm programme to determine the nation's favourite poems, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud came fifth. Written in 1804, it was first published in 1807 in Poems, in Two Volumes, and as a revision in 1815. It is one of his most popular, and was inspired by a forest encounter on 15 April 1802 that included himself, his younger sister Dorothy and a "long belt" of daffodils. ![]() ![]() " I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" (also commonly known as " Daffodils" ) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth. That floats on high o'er vales and hills, ![]()
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