PLEASE HELP Analysis of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was a Romantic poet. The Romantics began to write in the late 1700s. Before that, in the early 1700s or Classical period, poetry was judged to some degree on how well the poet adhered to the rules. The poets in the Romantic period objected to strictly following the rules. Instead of focusing on order, tradition, and authority, romantics preferred wildness, rebellion, and ego. Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” conveys many of these Romantic values through the use of rhythm, rhyme, diction (word choice), figurative language (metaphors), and tone. Let’s look first at the rhythm of the poem. The opening line sets the meter: I WAN/dered LONE/ly AS a CLOUD This pattern suggests movement, which is what the poem is about. Poets choose their structures for a reason. This poem is an example of form following function. In other words, Wordsworth selected the form based on what he was trying to say. In poetry, even the sound and shape of the poem (for example, how long the lines are) has something to do with the poem’s meaning. The rhyme scheme is a pattern commonly found in a dance, and this poem is about dancing. Now let’s look at Wordsworth’s diction, because he chose each word carefully and purposefully. Note the verbs in the first stanza—wandered, floats, fluttering, and dancing. They all suggest looseness, wildness, and freedom. The adjectives contribute to this feeling as well: golden, sprightly, and sparkling. The nouns throughout the poem are almost entirely references to nature: cloud, daffodils, trees, breeze, stars, bay, and waves. A stanza is a group of lines that form the basic recurring metrical unit of a poem. Stanzas also help organize a poem, just as paragraphs help organize prose. Each stanza may represent a self-contained idea, or it may provide a different thought, perspective, or tone on an idea from another stanza. When you consider all of these technical elements together, you can draw some conclusions befo

Read the passage. excerpt from "why equal pay is worth fighting for" by senator elizabeth warren, april 17, 2014 i honestly can't believe that we're still arguing over equal pay in 2014. when i started teaching elementary school after college, the public school district didn't hide the fact that it had two pay scales: one for men and one for women. women have made incredible strides since then. but 40 years later, we're still debating equal pay for equal work. women today still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and they're taking a hit in nearly every occupation. bloomberg analyzed census data and found that median earnings for women were lower than those for men in 264 of 265 major occupation categories. in 99.6 percent of occupations, men get paid more than women. that's not an accident; that's discrimination. the effects of this discrimination are real, and they are long lasting. today, more young women go to college than men, but unequal pay makes it harder for them to pay back student loans. pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women. . for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by, and many families depend as much on mom's salary as they do on dad's, if not more. women are the main breadwinners, or joint breadwinners, in two-thirds of the families across the country, and pay discrimination makes it that much harder for these families to stay afloat. women are ready to fight back against pay discrimination, but it's not easy. today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes. here in the senate, sen. barbara mikulski (d-md.) introduced the paycheck fairness act to give women the tools to combat wage discrimination. it would ensure that salary differences have something to do with the actual job that they are doing, and not just because they are women. senator warren states that the effects of pay discrimination are long-lasting. is this a valid argument supported by accurate evidence? no; warren weakens her point by claiming that the paycheck fairness act would "give women the tools to combat wage discrimination." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "for middle-class families today, it usually takes two incomes to get by." yes; warren supports her point by noting, "pay inequality also means a tougher retirement for women." no; warren weakens her point by noting, "today, a woman can get fired for asking the guy across the hall how much money he makes."