📙 Chapter 4: A Modern, Thriving Society
Who wrote 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'?
Correct answer: William Wordsworth
A Lord Byron
✓ William Wordsworth
C John Keats
D William Blake
💡 Explanation
William Wordsworth wrote 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' (also known as 'Daffodils').
Key facts to remember
- Wordsworth — Romantic poet, 'Daffodils' / 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — Romantic poets
- William Blake — 'The Tyger', 'Jerusalem'
- Wilfred Owen and Sassoon — WWI poets
- Tennyson — 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'
- Poet Laureate — appointed by monarch for national occasions
Why this is the answer
From the official Life in the UK study material — 4.5.6 Poetry:
Britain has a rich tradition of poetry. William Wordsworth was a Romantic poet who wrote about the beauty of the Lake District. His famous poems include 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' (also known as 'Daffodils'). Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats were also Romantic poets. William Blake wrote 'The Tyger' and the words to 'Jerusalem'.
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon wrote poetry about their experiences in the First World War. Sir Walter Scott wrote poems and novels about Scottish history. Robert Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson were famous Victorian poets. Tennyson wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. The Poet Laureate is a poet appointed by the monarch to write poems for national occasions.
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