First Year Notes : Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Summary and Analysis of Daffodils by William Wordsworth
The following article provides a summary of the poem
daffodils or analysis of I wandered lonely as a cloud . It is one of the most
celebrated poems of Wordsworth and is known by all. Theme of I wandered lonely
as a cloud, although simple has an inner implication associated with the
essence of poet’s life.
The word and the phrases presented in these lines have
immense depth and implications. The myriad of the daffodils is expressed by the
phrases-
A crowd, a host, continuous as the stars, they stretched in
never-ending lines, ten thousands saw eye at a glance.
The atmosphere of nature permeates through the entire
framework of the poem.
The poet says: I wondered lonely as a cloud that floats on
the high o’er Wales and hills.
Daffodils, an everyday found flower has been portrayed with
magical poetry and blended with transcendental romanticism.
Finally the daffodils outdid the sparkling waves in glee and
left an everlasting mark in the mind of the readers of this poem.
Summary of Daffodils by William Wordsworth
Once the poet was wandering pointlessly beside a lake, he
was all alone to wander freely akin to a patch of clouds floating in the sky
over the valleys and the hill. Suddenly he could view the large number of
daffodil gathered by the side of the lake and they are sheltered under a
growing tree. The Daffodils resembles the color of gold and the airy breeze
made them wave and dance, rejoice and play. The poet however could not estimate
their number as they spread along extensive sides of the lake.
They resemble akin to innumerable shining stars that one
could see in the night sky in the form of Milky Way. As the poet made an
instant glance, he could see myriad of daffodils waving their heads, as if they
were rejoicing and dancing out of alacrity. Seeing this, the waves of the lake
accompanied dancing along with these daffodils , but their lustrous dance was
in no way comparable to the delight and gaiety of the flowers the poets seems
to have frenzied with an ecstasy of delight.
He realized that a poet who was susceptible to natural grace
could not help feeling happy in the presence of such gay and beautiful flowers.
He gazed at them, hardly knowing what enormous treasure he was accumulating in
his mind.
That vista was impregnated in the poet’s mind for an
everlasting time. In future when the poet lay down on his couch, either in a
lonely or a pensive mood, the entire panorama that he saw in the woods beyond
the Gowbarrow Park appeared before his mind’s eye. In the silence and solitude,
when his mind is unrestrained by disturbing things of the real world, he
revives back the memories of the daffodil. Hence when the memory of that sight
comes into view of the poet, he derived ecstatic pleasure which he had enjoyed
actually.
More Facts about the Poem, Daffodils
The poem is said to be written in the year 1802.
The poem is produced as a result of actual visualization and
from experience, rather than imagery.
Dorothy, Wordsworth’s sister provides us an explanation of
the occasion which inspired Wordsworth to produce this masterpiece.
This poem is typically Wordsworthian. Its portray Nature at
its best and encompasses her grace to the pinnacle which very poets cannot
reach. It projects Wordsworth’s extraordinary delight in understanding and
exploring common place things. Emotions recollected in tranquility are the
distinct factor which differentiates Wordsworth from other poets. The emotions
associated with Wordsworth in this poem, Daffodils is not ephemeral but rather
permanent and everlasting. The poet derives the same bliss from his thoughts
about the daffodil when he actually saw them.
They flashed upon the inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude:
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dance with the daffodils.
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