Read the poem.
i wandered lonely as a cloud
by william wordsworth
i wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o’er vales and hills,
when all at once i saw a crowd,
a host, of golden daffodils;
beside the lake, beneath the trees,
fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
continuous as the stars that shine
and twinkle on the milky way,
they stretched in never-ending line
along the margin of a bay:
ten thousand saw i at a glance,
tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
the waves beside them danced; but they
out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
a poet could not but be gay,
in such a jocund company:
i gazed—and gazed—but little thought
what wealth the show to me had brought:
for oft, when on my couch i lie
in vacant or in pensive mood,
they flash upon that inward eye
which is the bliss of solitude;
and then my heart with pleasure fills,
and dances with the daffodils.
how does the speaker’s stating that his “heart with pleasure fills, / and dances with the daffodils” affect the tone of the poem?
it works to lessen the poem's mournful tone.

Wordsworth was a lover, admirer, and worshiper of nature. His poems echo the positivity, serenity, and beauty displayed through nature. The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" too exemplifies just another compliment and admiration to nature. He demonstrates that nature acts as a soothing force that adds pleasure and joy. The lines “heart with pleasure fills, / And dances with the daffodils” personifies daffodils to symbolize the excitement and pleasure offered by nature that aids to escape solitude. The 'pensive' mood of Wordsworth sets a positive and vital tone to the poem juxtaposing the beginning that describes 'loneliness' and 'solitude'. Thus, these lines shift the tone and mood from negative and pessimistic to positive and optimistic through the beauty spread around by daffodils.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

sing because that is what they are doing in the sentence

explanation:

the simple predicate is the main verb in the predicate that tells what the subject does. example: my father fixed the dryer. read each sentence. draw a line under the complete predicate.