Poetry of daffodils

Jalil Ahmed
Roll no # 15
“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” (also sometimes called
“Daffodils”[2]) is a lyric poem by William Wordsworth.[3] It is one
of his most popular, and was inspired by a forest encounter on 15
April 1802 that included himself, his younger sister Dorothy and a
“long belt” of daffodils.[4] Written in 1804,[5] it was first published
in 1807 in Poems, in Two Volumes, and as a revision in 1815.[6]

 I Wandered Lonely as
 Daffodils

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.
 Daffodils


 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
 In the book Journal of a Solitude, the poet May Sarton once wrote that
“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is richness of self.” Poetry’s
relationship to solitude is paradoxical: while many poets savor the isolation
needed to write their best work, the finished product will ideally create
connection, or even community.

 Indeed, in the poem, the daffodils represent the beauty of nature. The
glowing, dancing, and cheery sight keeps the mind and the heart captured.
Furthermore, the daffodils also represent various other qualities of nature
such as hope, peace, and joy.