Question

What does William Wordsworth mean by "lonely as a cloud" in the following line? (5 points) I wandered lonely as a cloud He was learning about the weather by watching clouds. He felt as lonely as a cloud that has nowhere to go. He had become lost on his journey across the fields. He knew it was going to rain soon and had no umbrella.

Answer 1

"He felt as lonely as a cloud that has nowhere to go" Would be my pick

Answer 2

The answer is "he felt as lonely as a cloud that has nowhere to go." or the second option. Using context clues you would see that clouds usually travel wherever the wind takes them and if a people are lonely and they are thinking themselves as if they are a cloud that is wondering through the sky nowhere to go would be the meaning of this paraphrases 'lonely as a cloud' since how clouds travel but they are going nowhere.

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