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William Wodsworth


William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, were so close that not only did they live together for the majority of their lives, but also they each considered the other to be his or her closest confidante and inspiration. Like Wordsworth and his other close associate, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the relationship between William and Dorothy can be seen in each of their literary works. This is no more evident than in William's "I wandered lonely as a cloud" and Dorothy's April 15, 1802 published journal entry. Both of these works describe a field of daffodils, one in poetry, one in prose.
The similarities between the two depictions of Dorothy's experience are not difficult to see. For ...

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of the daffodils, instead of say, the tops, or buds. The difference in this is, however, that Dorothy Wordsworth has her daffodils "rest [ing] their heads upon these stones as on a pillow for weariness" (Norton, 293) while William Wordsworth, in a quite different vein, has his daffodils "Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance," which is also another reference to the dancing of the daffodils. (Norton, 186)
As for which rendition of this minor event I prefer, I must say that I find Dorothy Wordsworth's description much better. She seems to speak more to me; her story has more truth in it than I feel is in William's. I suppose that, beyond this experience belonging to Dorothy, poetry is more confusing from the outset to anyone because one has to look at other factors such as word choice, placement, metaphors, etc., while Dorothy's more traditional prose style is more like a conversation with a real person.
The things that I like about Dorothy Wordsworth's piece as opposed to ...

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