After reading “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by Wordsworth, I felt that the poet was reminiscing in his memories. His experience with the daffodils served as his escape from the world; somewhere he could go when he had nothing to do or was in a pensive mood. Likewise, I wrote a poem where I speak about my escape. Enjoy!
Nowhere
I stood on the mountaintop
The floor embedded with snow
Frozen rain started to drop
With the setting sun’s vibrant glow
My eyes scanned the valleys and hills
As I welcomed the winter chills
Trees covered the hills from side to side
Bare and covered in white
They looked like a giant ocean tide
Fighting nature with their might
The beauty left me speechless
A moment that was ceaseless
I scooped up a pile of white bliss
As my heart filled with glee
This place I would truly miss
Because this was where I was happy
Away from burdens of so called duty
No worries, no work, just pure beauty
In dreams this place would come
When worried or tired of life
All alone I would start to hum
The rhythm of the wind and trees strife
And then my heart would say “All is well”
“In your mind; let the peace dwell”
I think that the poem “Nowhere” is very well written. I like how it rhymes because it gives the reader a smooth flowing read. I also think that the word choice is very creative and gives great imagery. I feel like I can actually picture what the poem is describing. I also agree and see how it relates to Wordsworth’s poem. The same rhythm and rhyme scheme, and the same ideas of nature being an escape. Both poems talk about hills and trees and describe the scenery as blissful. Yet the poems are not identical and so you are still able to find unique points in each. Like the idea of the sky and the waves in “I wandered lonely as a cloud” and “Nowhere” discusses the feeling being like a dream. I think “Nowhere” is a very clever spin on the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”.
–Alexandra Villano