Talk:I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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I may be wrong, but I think the title of the poem is Daffy Ducks. Can anyone confirm either way? Deb 17:23, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I thought so too; first hit from Google for "Daffy Ducks" is another copy of the poem on the same website referenced for the text, and the second is yet another.

However the "Wordsworth Trust" refers to it as "I wandered lonely as a cloud, so my best guess is that the editors of those 2 anthologies chose to change the name. Hv 14:30, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

i wandered lonley as a cloud is the name

If so, shouldn't the Wikisource link be called by the same name?--84.12.21.104 22:16, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

But shouldn't it be "Daffodils" instead of Daffy Ducks, everywhere in the text? BTW this was the name for this poem I knew from my anthology at school.

Contents 1 Clouds -vs- Cows 2 SparkNotes 3 Name judgement 4 Leunig Poem

[edit] Clouds -vs- Cows

Is there a source for the claim that Wordsworth's first choice of words was "lonely as a cow"?

And...the last paragraph states "The effect that the song had on the poet..." What song, exactly? Joyous | Talk 16:58, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, there was some sort of confusion. What I meant was The effect that the Daffy Ducks had on the poet is similar to the effect of the maiden's song in The Solitary Reaper... It sort of got transformed into gibberish on the way. I've corrected it now. Thanks for bringing that up.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 12:59, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Since no citation seemed to be forthcoming for the "cow" statement, I've removed it. Joyous | Talk 22:44, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I can't find a source now, but i remember hearing somewhere, maybe on a TV programme, that Wordsworth originally wanted

I wandered lonely as a cow

But his sister made him change it to cloud I'll look for a referenceCDuck2 09:47, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Stephen Fry mentioned it on QI some time ago, if that helps. Actually is that even a valid source for reference? AbsenceWiki 21:18, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SparkNotes

The commentary section is a verbatim copy of SparkNotes' section on the poem. Copyright infringement? 83.147.171.12 17:01, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, as well as non-encyclopedic (Wikipedia should only report literary criticism, not create it). I'll remove it. Junes 19:09, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name judgement

I believe that reference to the poem as "The Daffodils" is in fact often used, as apposed to only in anthologies, and I would think that including that in a disambiguation page or in at least the search would be helpful for those who use this name for it. But I am not sure, and I am not knowledgable to know how or even if I can acomplish any of this. First, lets confirm this. Greenmanperil 23:12, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

When i dealt with this poem in high school, It was taught to us as "The daffodils". - Amog |^Talk 15:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Leunig Poem

There is a parody of this poem by Leunig which criticizes Australian Parliament, I'm unable to find a link for it. Anyone know where to find it? D-Ozols 07:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)