Read the diary entry and poem and answer the questions, please.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
The Friends That Don’t Talk to Me
Today I walked alone all the way around the lake near my house. My path led through an old forest, and as I passed the enormous trunks of the trees, I felt as though I should respect their silence by being quiet myself. On the other side of the lake, the path emerged from the trees, and there was nothing but grass.
Then I came around a little hill and suddenly there were hundreds of Canada geese looking at me. I stayed still and quiet, hoping they wouldn’t fly away, and they didn’t. After a while they just went back to what they were doing. The more they ignored me, the more I felt that I was among friends.
1. How are the topics of the two texts similar?
2. What themes do the texts have in common?
3. How are the topics of the two texts different?
4. How are the themes of the two texts different?
5. What do you think is the main difference between the two texts?