Which poet wrote 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud', also known as 'Daffodils', first published in 1807?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. William Wordsworth
- Step 1: 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth, written in 1804 and first published in 1807 in Poems, in Two Volumes. Answer: William Wordsworth. Why not the others: Samuel Coleridge, John Keats and Lord Tennyson don't fit.
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