'It is often suggested that the source of many of Williamworth's poems lies in the pages of Dorothyworth's diary. Very often Dorothy describes an incident in her diary and William writes a poem about the same incident, often about two years later.' It is a common observation that while Dorothy is a recorder – "her face was excessively brown" – William is a transformer – "His skin was an Egyptian brown". The intertextuality between The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals and "I wandered lonely as a cloud" allows both Dorothy and William to write about the same event, being equally descriptive, but in very different ways. Dorothy writes in a realist style similar to a "logbook", while William writes in a romantic ballad style. This can be very misleading, as it gives William's work a greater emotional attachment even though his work is based on Dorothy's diary, which itself is very detached and includes few personal revelations. When read together with William's poem, Dorothy's diary appears to be a set of notes written especially for him by her. Indeed, from the very beginning of the diaries Dorothy made it very clear that she was writing them for William's "pleasure". This ties back to many of the diary entries in which she described caring for William in a physical sense. In a way this describes how William uses his sister's diary to gain the subject of his poem, which makes it seem like Dorothy is his inspiration. Unlike her brother, Dorothy appears to be less solitary in her experiences, her accounts of what happened and who was with her are less personal than William's. Dorothy tends to include everyone around her at that time and in that moment - "We [Dorothy and her brother William] were in the woods beyond Gowbarrow Park" - while William makes it a companionless experience, he forgets everyone who might have shared that moment. with him – 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'. This, along with the use of imagery, simile and personification, not only makes William's poems more accessible to a wide range of readers, but also adds character and personality, whereas Dorothy's diary tends to be more reserved and closed to all 'interpretation. Although both use the semantic field of nature, William's use is more affective as he conveys emotion, passion and attachment to his work.