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DAFFODILS-William Wordsworth
Background
The poem was written in 1804, inspired by an event on 15 April 1802, in
which Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy came across a “long belt” of
daffodils while travelling in the Lake District of England.
The original title of the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is merely the
first line of the poem which informs the poet’s profound sentiments of being
left alone. It was actually the death of his brother John that led him to
“loneliness.” The poem was thus not a result of imagination, but that of actual
visualization.
It is somewhat misleading, as it suggests that there is something about
the poet’s loneliness in the poem. But the poem is all about the beauty of
the daffodils and how they brought happiness to the poet.
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, Summary
The poet or the speaker in this poem, says that, once while “wandering like a
cloud floating above hills and valleys”, he came across a field of daffodils beside
a lake.
The dancing, fluttering flowers stretched endlessly along the shore, and though
the shining waves of the lake danced beside the flowers, yet the daffodils outdid
the water with their beauty.
The poet says that the golden daffodils twinkled and stretched in a continuous
line just like the stars in the Milky Way galaxy for putting a greater implication in
indicating that the flowers are heavenly as the stars.
He sees the endless view of the golden daffodils as a never-ending line. The
poet’s exaggeration of the number of flowers by saying “Ten thousand saw I at a
glance” indicates that he has never seen so many daffodils at once. The poet
could not help to be happy in such a joyful company of flowers.
He says that he stared and stared, but did not realize what wealth the scene
would bring him.
For now, whenever he feels “vacant” or “pensive” the memory strikes “that inward
eye” that is “the bliss of solitude” and his heart fills with pleasure, “and dances
with the daffodils.”
Other
In this poem, which reads like a piece of memory etched deep in the poet’s heart,
praises the beauty of the daffodils which leaves a lasting impression on him.
In the poem, there are four stanzas of six lines each makes the entire
poem 24 lines long.
The rhyme scheme for each stanza is ABABCC.
It’s a great example of a ‘real poem’, that is ‘a spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings’, as opined by the poet himself. As, the poem
expresses the feelings of the poet himself, it is a subjective poem, one
of the most important characteristics of Romanticism and it is a lyric
poem.
Word Meanings
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