Daffodils

NAME: Shamie Ferrer Lugod BSED-IV English
POEM # 7
I WONDER AS LONELY AS 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.
This is a lyric poem focusing on the poets response to

the beauty of nature.
SETTING:
The poem recaptures a moment on April 15, 1802,when Wordsworth and
his sister Dorothy were walking near Lake Ullswater in Grasmere ,Cambria
Country ,England and came across ‘’a long belt of GOLDEN DAFFODILS’’.
RHYME ,FORM and METER:

The poem has a fairly simple form that fits it’s simple and folksy and
language.
METER:
Four stanzas with six lines for a total of 24 lines.
RHYME SCHEME:
STANZA 1:
ABABCC
STANZA 2:
ABABCC
STANZA 3:
ABAABB
STANZA 4:
ABCDD
The last two lines of each stanza rhyme like the end of ‘’Shakespearean
Sonnet’’
Each stanza feels independent and self sufficient.
FIGURE OF SPEECH:
SIMILE: the poet compares himself to a cloud walking without an aim.
ALLITERATION:
LINE 2: that floats on higher vales and hills.
The /h/ sound as in /h/igh and /h/ills.
LINE 5- Beside the lake beneath the trees
The /b/sound as in /b/eside and /b/eneath.
METAPHOR:
The poet compares the yellow daffodils to gold in their bright colors.
PERSONIFICATION:
The poet personifies the daffodils to people who can move and dance.
Personification:
The poet personifies his heart as a human being who is dancing
Figures of speech
Apostrophe:
“I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; ”.The poet apostrophizes the
daffodils and describes them in their large number as a crowd of people.
Also , “In such a jocund company “The poets addresses the flowers as
human beings and describes them as a happy company of good friends .
Repetition:
In third stanza, poet repeated the word “gazed” two times. The word
"dance" is repeated 3 times in this poem. In the 1st stanza, it denotes the
happiness and liveliness of the flowers. In the 2nd stanza, it creates a sense of
harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves. In the last stanza,
it refers that this harmony is advanced to include the poet himself.
Lexical pattern:
In first stanza, The poet used contrast between “ lonely” and “crowd” &
“o’er “ and “ beneath.” The poet used contrast to stress and emphasize the
meaning. This poem contains four stanza and all are talking about poet’s
imagination on nature. Poet use maximum nature related words. The poet
describes nature by describing the daffodils and comparing them to stars and
waves. He is also writing about himself in relation to nature. Nature is a source
of happiness.
Nature of literary communication

In this poem, poet himself is an addresser or sender. Through the whole
poem, poet explaining his thought as monologue.  There is no addressee
appears in this poem. Poet directly talking with his audience and sharing his
feeling and thought about nature (daffodils). So, we are the receiver here.
Grammar And Sentence

The writer used a complete sentence with subject and predicate.  There
are six sentences Unit and Trunk in the entire poem.  The title of the poem itself
is in a complete sentence. Aside from using complete sentences, the author also
makes a vivid description of the daffodils by using several predicate to describe
the scenery. Wordsworth likes to begin each stanza by using a complete sentence
and he expands it by using elaborate predicates and clauses.
SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
The poet starts his poem by painting a picture of himself walking aimlessly, like a
cloud in the sky when suddenly he saw a group of beautiful golden daffodils This
whole poem was powers of imagination. Whatever he say, all came from his
imagination. By his imagination power, William Wordsworth wrote this romantic
poem where we find his romance with nature.
Main Theme of the poem

Nature' s beauty uplifts the human spirit . Theme of { Happiness } :”
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze “ maybe the poem just makes us feel good
about life by using the power of imagination . the theme of loneliness : 'I
wandered lonely as a cloud.' that could be affected by daily routines . theme of
rejecting city life and going back to the Mother Nature . o Memory and the Past :
the poet can always draw on his imagination to reproduce the joy of the event
and to remember the spiritual wisdom that it provided o powers of imagination .
Semantic analysis
(City life vs. Nature) Wordsworth try to explain the difference between city
life and nature (rural). Through the lines, the shift of the poet feelings is very
clear. Firstly, he complains about the corrupted world, which lacks cooperation
and harmony, so he wanders lonely and hopeless. He prefers to get away from
other people as if being with them brings him nothing but more sadness and
loneliness. However, seeing the golden daffodils cheered him up because they
welcomed him. "A host, of golden daffodils" shows that the poet ran away from
city life and took nature as a shelter to protect him from the world's corruption.

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NAME: Shamie Ferrer Lugod BSED-IV English

I wandered lonely as a cloud

Continuous as the stars that shine

The waves beside them danced; but they

For oft, when on my couch I lie

This is a lyric poem focusing on the poets response to

RHYME ,FORM and METER:

Nature of literary communication

Grammar And Sentence

Main Theme of the poem

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