Read the diary entry and poem and answer the questions
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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.

the friends that don’t talk to me

today i walked alone all the way around the lake near my house. my path led through an old forest, and as i passed the enormous trunks of the trees, i felt as though i should respect their silence by being quiet myself. on the other side of the lake, the path emerged from the trees, and there was nothing but grass.
then i came around a little hill and suddenly there were hundreds of canada geese looking at me. i stayed still and quiet, hoping they wouldn’t fly away, and they didn’t. after a while they just went back to what they were doing. the more they ignored me, the more i felt that i was among friends.

question #1

how are the topics of the two texts different?

question #2

how are the themes of the two texts different?