Daffodils by William Wordsworth'

Daffodils by  William Wordsworth'

    William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud " also known as “ The daffodils” is a lyric poem focusing on the poet's response to the beauty of nature.

       A lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet     rather than telling a story or presenting a witty observation.

      The final version of the poem was first published in Collected Poems in 1815. An earlier version was published in Poems in Two Volumes in 1807 as a three-stanza poem. The final version has four stanzas. Wordsworth wrote the earlier version in 1804, two years after seeing the lakeside daffodils that inspired the poem .

Setting and Background Information

      The poem recaptures a moment on April 15, 1802. whenWordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, were walking near Lake Ullswater in Grasmere, Cambria County, England, and came across a "long belt" of golden daffodils.

Wordsworth sister Dorothy, played an important part in his life and she also influenced him with her love of nature.

I wandered lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils): Rhyme, Form & Meter "I wandered lonely as a Cloud" has a fairly simple form that fits its simple and folksy theme and language. It consists of four stanzas with six lines each, for a total of 24 lines.

The rhyme scheme is also simple: ABABCC. (Rhymed Stanzas in Iambic Tetrameter ) . The last two lines of each stanza rhyme like the end of a Shakespearean sonnet, so each stanza feels independent and self-sufficient. This is called a "rhyming couplet." 

I wandered lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) Summary

In this poem the poet describes his experience of the sight of "a host of daffodils" during a lonely walk, the daffodils delight him with her beauty and "their sprightly dance". He says "they seem as numerous as the stars that shine in the sky"; He also remarks on the beauty of the lake nearby, but adds that even its sparkling waves are not so exuberant as the yellow daffodils "dancing in the breeze". Moreover, when he is sad, he thinks of daffodils "and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils", that is to say, when his feelings are depressed, thinking of daffodils cheers him up.

Main Theme of the poem

Nature' s beauty uplifts the human spirit .

Theme of  { Happiness } :” Fluttering and dancing in the breeze  “ the poem just makes you feel good about life by using the power of imagination .

 Man and the Natural World :” They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay  “ Wordsworth’s nature is full of life and vitality. He appreciates its wildness and unpredictability, but he humanizes the landscape and fits it to his own mind.

the theme of loneliness : 'I wandered lonely as a cloud.' that could by affected by daily routines .

theme of rejecting city life and going back to the Mother Nature .