Rowan College I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth Discussion

• Lydia Davis, “Head, Heart,” p. 732
• Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Richard Cory,” p. 735
• Robert Frost, “Out, Out -,” p. 736
• Thomas Hardy, “The Ruined Maid,” p. 737-738
• William Wordsworth, “I wandered lonely as a cloud,” p. 738
• Frank O’Hara, “Poem,” p. 739-740
• Phyllis Wheatley, “On Being Brought from Africa to America,” p. 741
• Bruce Springsteen, “Nebraska,” p. 743-744

Choose the poem we have read this week that evoked the strongest response in you. Describe that response and explain what details in the poem contributed to it.

Your response should be approximately 80-100 words.

Example: I enjoyed “The Raven” because Poe shows us that grief can overtake someone when they have lost someone they love. The speaker is hurting so much that he wants to forget his memories of Lenore when he says, “Respite – respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore” (82). This is really powerful because even though we miss a person we have lost, erasing our memories makes them truly gone forever. If we hold on to memories, the people we love can live in our hearts forever.